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| RESCALING PROCESS IN BORDER REGIONS WITHIN HONGKONG AND SHENZHEN: A CASE STUDY OF QIANHAI AREA |
| WANG Bo-yi1,3, LI Xun2,3 |
1. School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;
2. Institute of Urbanization, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
3. School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China |
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Abstract This paper concerns the border regions that have already been the development hotspot within Hong Kong and Shenzhen, based on the scale theory that is often used in some Western scholars' researches. Firstly, it presents a brief analysis on the historical evolution of these border regions in the background of the interaction between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Region (the PRDR). Then it examines the formation mechanism and the evolution dynamics of the territorial restructuring and rescaling processes of these regions, using the Qianhai Area as a typical case. The study shows that, since China's Reform and Opening-up Policy, there have been several prominent rounds of rescaling process within Hong Kong and the PRDR, primarily dominated by the governments in the PRDR. At present, some border regions have become the main tools for "capital and spatial fix" applied by local governments. These border regions can therefore be regarded as a result of the long-time institutional accumulation of the PRDR. The adjustment of the scalar structure dominated by the local governments provided the "capital fix" with a physical framework, promoting the flow of capital and enabling the Shenzhen governments continually to obtain the surplus value, which further promoted the position of the PRDR in the global capital chain. During this process, the fundamental driver of these rounds of rescaling process is the huge institutional dividend and the impetus from the government, as well as the involvement of some higher class government.
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Received: 18 March 2015
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2016, Vol. 31 
