International perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative a bottom-up approach / edited by Sidh Sintusingha, Hao Wu, Wenqi Lin, Sun Sheng Han and Bo Qin.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Sintusingha, Sidh. |
| Other author/creator | Wu, Hao (Researcher on commercial real estate) |
| Other author/creator | Lin, Wenqi (Researcher in urban ecology) |
| Other author/creator | Han, Sun Sheng. |
| Other author/creator | Qin, Bo (Professor of urban planning and management) |
| Contents | Re-imagining the Silk Road for the 21st century -- BRI from within China: vision, rationale, and the "corridors". -- BRI from within China: mechanisms, institutions, and media representations. -- Urban development challenges under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) -- Inter-continental transport networks and Asian Economic Corridor for the Korean Peninsula -- Establishing BRI in Thailand: contrasting 'desire lines' in the delivery of two high-speed rail projects -- Malaysia: Chinese participation in infrastructure from contractor to conspirator? -- China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Cambodia -- The Production of megaprojects in Java: colonialism, nationalism, development centralisation vs decentralisation -- Belt and Road Initiative in Iran: urban-regional dialogue in two corridors and three cities -- The critical need for urban planning around Port Vila's BRI projects -- Ethiopia: the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway -- Strengthening Brazil's food system: can China's Belt and Road help? -- Challenges and opportunities to port development with BRI in Japan -- International perspectives of the BRI: new, unfolding globalisation. |
| Abstract | "International Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative investigates the most significant global-scale international trade expansion and capital investment program since the Second World War. It takes a bottom-up approach to explore multinational experiences of China's Belt and Road Initiative, which formally commenced in 2013, to better understand the impacts of foreign infrastructure investment, strategic implementation and geo-political driven economic development. Thirteen strategically selected BRI-associated countries are discussed, including Iran, Pakistan, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and Ethiopia, amongst others. Each country is the centre of a separate chapter, framed around their economic development levels, political systems, power dynamics and socio-environmental concerns. The book identifies variations in local conditions to establish country-specific examples to provide more balanced stories of international interactions. Through this lens it presents new research and contributes to the ongoing discussion surrounding BRI, geo-politics and urban, regional and spatial systems in the Asia-Pacific and beyond. This important title will appeal to academics, researchers and policy-makers globally with an interest in the Belt and Road Initiative, urban infrastructure and economics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: International perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative New York : Routledge, 2021. 9780367427320 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020050916 |
| ISBN | 9781000381474 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9780367854645 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |