REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG

Mahmud Hassan Talukdar () and Al-Amin Mia ()
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Mahmud Hassan Talukdar: Researcher, Transparency International Bangladesh

Management Research and Practice, 2015, vol. 7, issue 2, 47-56

Abstract: Overall development goal of the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD) region is to the emergence jointly as the most dynamic, internationally competitive, world-class city cluster of the Asia-Pacific region. To achieve this goal harmonious regional integration towards sustainable development is decisive. But, Rapid discordant economic integration resulted social and environmental squalor which denotes the adequate attention towards the necessity of harmonizes integration for sustainable development. So, the main aim of this paper is to prepare a harmonious integration model which will be useful for urban planners, policy makers and researchers who are directly or indirectly involved or willing to involve in the task of regional integration in Hong Kong. Literature review is the main source of information of this study. In this paper, firstly, regional integration of Hong Kong as well as the concept of sustainable development is described from theoretical point of view. Then, status of sustainable development in Hong Kong under regional integration is briefed. In this section, some challenges of Hong Kong are identified which hindering economic vibrancy as well as overall social progress and environmental soundness of Greater Pearl River Delta. After that, the reasons of mismatch narrated and finally in the way forward section integration model is prepared as well as some recommendations are suggested to overcome existing constraints and to facilitate sound regional integration and sustainable development of Hong Kong as well as the PRD in the longer term.

Keywords: Hong Kong; Pearl River Delta; regional integration; sustainable development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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