Towards a Sustainable and Liveable Desakota: Designing for sustainable industry transition in the peri-urban territory of the Greater Bay Area

This thesis explores spatial strategies for achieving sustainable industry transition in the dispersed urbanised areas of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) in China. Since 1978, urbanisation in the GBA has accelerated, significantly expanding beyond metropolitan regions. These dispersed areas, described as the Desakota by Terry McGee, encompass a...