Locating the interstitial island: Integration of Zhoushan Archipelago into the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration

Zhang, Huan; Grydehøj, Adam

doi:10.1177/0042098020937987

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“…The coastal waters between land and sea in China are spaces of intermingling worlds. Islands in the area are crucial hubs for communication between land and sea, especially islands at key nodes in navigation routes, which become transit points, outposts, and springboards for the mobility of goods and people as well as of communication between Chinese and foreign cultures (Ma, 2020;Ou, 2018;H. Zhang & Grydehøj, 2021).…”

Section: Islands As Hubs Of Cultural Transmissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

To study island China

Ou,

Zhan,

et al. 2024

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As greater attention has been paid to island research in China, interactions between Chinese and international island scholars have increased. However, research has tended to take an ‘islands of China’ approach, which perceives China as a continental country surrounded by a large number of islands. The present paper proposes an alternative ‘island China’ perspective, informed by selected Chinese traditions of thinking about islands and the sea, that captures the role islands have played and continue to play in Chinese culture. Drawing upon Fei Xiaotong’s reflexive concept of ‘cultural self-consciousness’, we consider the cultural history of island China, including conceptual tensions between the binaries of continent/island and center/periphery, conceptions of land dwellers and water dwellers, the role of islands as hubs of cultural transmission, and the formation of maritime societies across East and Southeast Asia. We also argue that this cultural history ought to influence island governance in China today.

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Section: Islands As Hubs Of Cultural Transmissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ou,

Zhan,

et al. 2024

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“…Even leaving aside important critical debates on the meanings of ‘urbanisation’ and on the longstanding debate between particularism and universalism (Brenner and Schmid, 2015; Fox and Goodfellow, 2022; Randolph and Storper, 2022; Rogerson and Giddings, 2021; Storper and Scott, 2016; Zhang and Grydehøj, 2021), from a more practical point of view, identifying a ‘hard’ empirical metric that allows between settlements to be distinguished in a generalisable, cross-country way is challenging. For example, there is no clear-cut distinction between rural and urban areas.…”

Section: Progressive Attitudes In Urban and Rural Areasmentioning

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Progressive cities: Urban–rural polarisation of social values and economic development around the world

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In contrast to the conservative values of rural populations, cities are often seen as bulwarks of more tolerant, liberal and progressive values. This urban–rural divide in values has become one of the major fault lines in Western democracies, underpinning major political events of the last decade, not least the election of Donald Trump. Yet, beyond a small number of countries, there is little evidence that cities really are more liberal than rural areas. Evolutionary modernisation theory suggests that socio-economic development may lead to the spread of progressive, self-expression values but provides little guidance on the role of cities in this process. Has an urban–rural split in values developed across the world? And does this gap depend on the economic development of a country? We answer these questions using a large cross-sectional dataset covering 66 countries. Despite the inherent challenges in identifying and operationalising a globally-consistent definition of what is ‘urban’, we show that there are marked and significant urban–rural differences in progressive values, defined as tolerant attitudes to immigration, gender rights and family life. These differences exist even when controlling for observable compositional effects, suggesting that cities do play a role in the spread of progressive values. Yet, these results only apply at higher levels of economic development suggesting that, for cities to leave behind rural areas in terms of liberal values, the satisfying of certain material needs is a prerequisite.

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“…In contrast, consider Hainan Special Economic Zone (established in 1988) and Zhoushan Archipelago New Area (established in 2011), two other Chinese island SEZs that mix cost‐reducing, heavy industry and smart‐eco city attributes. Although these SEZs were designated by the national government, preexisting island governments manage their planning regimes with local priorities in mind (Zhang & Grydehøj, 2021; Zhao & Jia, 2019). The Hainan Province and Zhoushan City governments (like any government) may not always successfully address the needs of their diverse communities and interest groups.…”

Section: Island Special Economic Zonesmentioning

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Interaction between islands and special economic zones: Spatial processes of containment and exclusion

Grydehøj,

2023

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Despite considerable research into special economic zones (SEZs) and Island Studies, islands and SEZs are rarely considered together. Islands and SEZs are, however, closely associated, in part due to the attractiveness of island characteristics (remoteness, boundedness, isolation) for exclusive economic processes. Many prominent SEZs are located on small islands, and many island economies function similarly to SEZs. Defining SEZs as ‘bounded spaces of economic and regulatory exception’, this paper considers deregulated industrial zones and exclusively branded smart cities and eco‐cities, as well as island SEZs designed for external benefit and for local benefit. The study shows that spatial processes of containment and exclusion are supported by islands and are especially useful for crafting SEZs, which may specialise in industries such as financial services, manufacturing, gaming, port services and high‐end tourism. Nevertheless, SEZ processes often create negative social, economic and environmental impacts. Island SEZs developed for external interest often seek to contain harm within islands or to exclude unfavourable factors, resulting in a spatial mismatch of harms and benefits. Island SEZs developed for local interest struggle to externalise harms, creating problems for island populations. The paper argues for the value of understanding islands and SEZs together, without exceptionalising them.

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Locating the interstitial island: Integration of Zhoushan Archipelago into the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration

Cited by 14 publications

References 70 publications

To study island China

To study island China

Progressive cities: Urban–rural polarisation of social values and economic development around the world

Interaction between islands and special economic zones: Spatial processes of containment and exclusion

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