Urban spatial restructuring, event-led development and scalar politics

• Autores: Hyun Bang Shin
• Localización: Urban Studies, ISSN-e 1360-063X, Vol. 51, Nº. 14, 2014, págs. 2961-2978
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper uses Guangzhou�s experience of hosting the 2010 Asian Games to illustrate Guangzhou�s engagement with scalar politics. This includes concurrent processes of intra-regional restructuring to position Guangzhou as a central city in south China and a �negotiated scale-jump� to connect with the world under conditions negotiated in part with the overarching strong central state, testing the limit of Guangzhou�s geopolitical expansion. Guangzhou�s attempts were aided further by using the Asian Games as a vehicle for addressing condensed urban spatial restructuring to enhance its own production/accumulation capacities, and for facilitating urban redevelopment projects to achieve a �global� appearance and exploit the city�s real estate development potential. Guangzhou�s experience of hosting the Games provides important lessons for expanding our understanding of how regional cities may pursue their development goals under the strong central state and how event-led development contributes to this.