The Greater Shanghai Megaregion: How China's Economic Powerhouse Is Redrawing Its Boundaries I. Defining the Greater Shanghai Region• Geographic Scope: - Core: Shanghai municipality (6,340 km²) - Immediate ring: Suzhou, Wuxi, Nantong, Jiaxing (25,000 km²) - Extended zone: Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo (100,000 km²)• Population Dynami
Shanghai's Metropolitan Symbiosis: Orchestrating East China's Integrated Development Historical Reconfiguration: From Colonial Port to Regional Orchestrator Shanghai's spatial influence has evolved through three distinct phases: 1. Colonial Hub (1843-1949) - Foreign concessions creating China's first urban-rural divide -
Shanghai's Metropolitan Symbiosis: Orchestrating East China's Integrated Development Historical Reconfiguration: From Colonial Port to Regional Orchestrator Shanghai's spatial influence has evolved through three distinct phases: 1. Colonial Hub (1843-1949) - Foreign concessions creating China's first urban-rural divide -
