Investigating land development and land tenure in the Greater Bay Area through selected case studies: a new path to China’s territorial development and city-regionalization?

Through the application of data analytics technique and in conjunction with field study, questionnaire survey and interviews to examine development projects in the GBA; followed by in-depth case studies of four development projects in Guangzhou and Shenzhen; this research argues that the existing mechanism for assessing land development proposals is inadequate to meet the current socio-economic environment. Findings from this research will offer insights to articulate the post-land finance development strategy in the GBA.