Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Urbanization and development in China -- Urbanization and hukou reform -- Urban and regional restructuring -- Regional development and governance -- Outline of the book -- 2 Scale, state and the urban transformation in post-reform China -- Introduction -- Scale theory and sociospatial transformation -- Rescaling the central and local states -- Changing city scales and urban territorialization -- Conclusion -- 3 Dual-track urbanization in post-reform China -- Introduction -- An interpretive framework of Chinese urbanization -- State-sponsored urbanization in the pre-reform period -- Dual-track urbanization in the post-reform period -- Empirical analysis of dual-track urbanization in China -- Conclusion -- 4 Spatial analysis of the urban system in Guangdong -- Introduction -- Expanding urbanization under the socialist market economy in post-reform China -- Definition of city size, data and methodology -- Differentials in the rank-size distribution of the urban system using population and economic indicators -- The role of economic development in the process of urbanization -- Conclusion -- 5 Urban growth and sustainable development in Shenzhen city -- Introduction -- Urban economic growth -- Migration and population growth -- Impact on agriculture and environmental pollution -- Conclusion -- 6 Economic relations between Hong Kong and mainland China -- Introduction -- Hong Kong's ranking as a competitive center -- Economic integration before and after the handover in 1997 -- Cross-boundary investment between Hong Kong and mainland China -- Trade between Hong Kong and mainland China -- Growth of Hong Kong's logistics and tourism industries -- Challenges posed by changing economic relations -- Conclusion