China's Pan-Pearl River Delta: Regional Cooperation and Development

List of Contributors

ALBRECHTS, Louis Dr. Albrechts is a professor in the Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include strategic spatial planning, sustainable development and regional design, and he has published widely on these issues. He is the founder and co-editor of European Planning Studies, a corresponding member of the German Academy for Research and Planning and a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Research Network on Human Settlements. CHEN, Guanghan Dr. Chen is a professor of economics and director of the Centre for Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. He holds a PhD in economics from Wuhan University. Dr. Chen is engaged in the teaching of microeconomics, macroeconomics and development economics. His research interests include economic theory and policy. CHEN, Xiaohong Dr. Chen is a professor in the School of Transportation Engineering of Tongji University, Shanghai. She is also chair of the Traffic Engineering and Traffic EnvironmentAcademic Committee of the ShanghaiTraffic EngineeringAssociation. Her research interests include urban transport planning, regional transportation development and policy, transportation network modelling and traffic forecasting and the applications of transportation information technology. Contributors xii Contributors FENG, Changchun Dr. Feng is a professor in the Department of Urban and Economic Geography and dean of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences of Peking University. He is also director of the Center of Real Estate Studies and Appraisals. His research interests include urban and regional planning, land and real estate economics and infrastructure planning. He was one of the first scholars in China to conduct research on land economics. Dr. Feng was also the first to suggest a theoretical method for integrated appraisal in land economics, which was subsequently adopted by the Chinese government. In recent years, he has studied the relationship between real estate and urban planning and national economic development, Chinese urbanization and urban spatial pattern. He has made policy recommendations on China’s housing system reform that have had a significant impact on real-estate development and investment analysis. Now he is also the chief scientist of the Ministry of Science and Technology Key Technologies R&D Program, ‘Research on rural spatial planning and land use planning in China’. HOU, Pin Ms. Hou is a technical engineer at the Logistical Department of 75576 Unit, Haikou, Hainan Province. She obtained her master’s degree from the Department of Civil Engineering of the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou. Her research interest is project management. HU, De Dr. Hu obtained his doctorate degree from the Department of Urban and Regional Economies of the East China Normal University, Shanghai. He has researched the dynamics and influence of public power in regional cooperation for many years, and has published many academic articles on these issues. JIN, Dongxiao Dr. Jin is a senior town planner and professor at the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, Beijing. He has completed over 60 projects related to regional planning, the strategic planning of urban development and master planning. He has published guidance materials for the National City Planning Qualification Examination and has contributed his planning expertise to the development of planning theory and practice at Peking University, the Chinese National School of Administration, and the World Bank. xiii Contributors KEE, Gordon Mr. Kee is a research associate at the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography and Resource Management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His major research interests include urban and regional development, governance, planning and infrastructure development. He has been a member of the Macao Urban Concept Plan workgroup of the Macao SAR government. LI, Tanfeng Mr. Li is a PhD candidate in the School of Transportation Engineering of Tongji University, Shanghai. His major is transportation planning and management, and his research focuses on urban and regional transportation planning. He has taken part in several studies on regional transportation planning and highway network planning, including the ‘Regional Transportation Development Strategy Study for the Pan-Pearl River Delta Area’ and the ‘Outline Plan of Highway and Waterway Infrastructure Facilities in the Yangtze River Delta Area’. His doctoral dissertation is entitled ‘Research on Regional Transportation: Economy Interaction Mechanism and Transportation Strategic Planning Methodology’. LI, Ye Dr. Li is an associate professor in the School of Transportation Engineering of Tongji University, Shanghai. His research interests include transportation strategy and urban...