"With a history of more than 2100 years, Guangzhou, despite its glory past, has now experienced a decline in the role as a central city in the region due to the rapid growth of cities in the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou is also suffering from problems caused by congested inner city and unregulated growth of new development areas. The city’s structure has gradually changed from a compact model to leapfrogged urban sprawl. These problems are aggravated by limited land resource under its direct jurisdiction and the pressure to reposition itself in a regional development context that is more competitive than ever before."
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Jiang Xu, Anthony G.O. Yeh, City Profile: Guangzhou (2003), University of Hong Kong
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Guangzhou (Simplified Chinese: 广州) (Traditional Chinese: 廣州), also known as Canton and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow is the capital and the largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about 120 km north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the mariti
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