International Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative: A Bottom-Up Approach (Planning, Heritage and Sustainability)

By: Shannon Morreira and Hao Wu and Sun Sheng Han and Bo Qin and Wenqi Lin

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Synopsis: International Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative investigates the most significant global‐scale international trade expansion and capital investment programme since the Second World War. This book focuses on the multi-national perspectives of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in order to interrogate the Chinese government’s representation of it as a symbol of ‘peace, cooperation, development and mutual benefit.' With specific focus on the interrelationship between geopolitics, infrastructure investments and urban regional development, the book reflects on 12 countries’ experiences in depth, including those of Iran, Pakistan, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and Ethiopia, specificly to their economic development levels, political systems, power dynamics and socio-environmental issues. The book clarifies and contributes new knowledge on the nature of BRI concerning its relationship to globalism, neo-colonialism, the notion of developed vs developing countries and their institutions and macro-micro benefits and impacts. In doing so, the book offers a balanced account of the antagonistic geo-political narrative of socio-political conflict and the collaborative framework of real socio-economic flows and development. The book will appeal to academics, researchers and policy-makers with an interest in the BRI and its impacts on politico-economic development and urban, regional and spatial systems in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 332 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000381474
Related ISBNs:: 9780367854645, 9780367761813, 9780367427320
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/31/21
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Sidh Sintusingha, Hao Wu, Wenqi Lin, Sun Sheng Han and Bo Qin
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Sidh Sintusingha
Edited by:: Hao Wu
Edited by:: Wenqi Lin
Edited by:: Sun Sheng Han
Edited by:: Bo Qin