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Courses
Taught in 2008-2009
1st
term:
GRM1003/GES2050 Understanding China Through Travels
GRM3021 Final Year Thesis I
GRM3305 Transport and Logistics
UGC220E Pursuit of Ideal Living Environment
2nd
term:
GRM1003/GES2050 Understanding China Through Travels
GRM1033/UGC212E Perspectives on Pan Pearl River Delta
GRM1121 Field Studies I
GRM3022 Final Year Thesis II
Teaching
Fields
China Geography
Urban Planning
Economic Geography
Transport Geography
Research
Interests
Urban Planning and Urban Governance
Regional Development and Regional Governance
Inter-city Competition and Cooperation
Land Use System in China
Pearl River Delta Studies
Selected
Publications
Xu, J., Wu, F. and Yeh, A G O (forthcoming), ¡¥Land Commodification: New land development and politics in China since the late 1990s¡¦, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
Xu, J and Yeh, A G O (2009), 'Decoding urban land governance: state reconstruction in contemporary Chinese cities', Urban Studies, 46(3): 559-581.
Yeh, G.O and Xu, J. (2008), 'Regional cooperation in the Pan-Pearl River Delta: a formulaic aspiration or a new imagination?', Built Environment, 34(4): 408-426.
Xu, J (2008), 'Governing city regions in China: theoretical discourses and perspectives for regional strategic planning', Town Planning Review, 79(2-3): 157-185.
Xu, J. (2008), 'Editorial: Polycentric city-region: reflections on the POLYNET', Urban Planning International, 23(1): 1-3. (in Chinese).
Wu, F, Xu, J and Yeh, A G O (2007) Market, State and Space: Urban Development in Post-Reform China. London and New York: Routledge.
Xu, J and Yeh, A.G O (2005), 'City repositioning and competitiveness building in regional development: new development strategies of Guangzhou, China', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 29(2): 283-308.
Xu, J. and Yeh, A.G.O. (2003), 'City Profile: Guangzhou', Cities. 20(5): 361-374.
Xu, J. (2001), 'The role of land use planning in the land development process in China: the case of Guangzhou', Third World Planning Review. 23(3): 229-248.
Xu, J. and Ng, M K (1998), 'Socialist urban planning in transition: the case study of Guangzhou, China', Third World Planning Review. 20(1): 35-51.
Research Projects
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grant Council, 'Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in the Pearl River Delta: Toward an Analytical Model', Principal Investigator (with YEH, Anthony G.O.) (September 2007 - March 2010) ($873,292)
PDAS government fund, 'Economic, Infrastructure and Real Estate Development Forum for A Competitive Pan-Pearl River Delta Region', Co-Investigator (with YEH, Anthony G.O.) (May 2008 to April 2009) ($200,000)
University Grants Committee (HKU), Seeding Funding for Basic Research, 'Regional Cooperation: Beyond Individual Competition in the Greater Pearl River Delta', Principal Investigator (May 2006 - April 2008) ($95,000)
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