2024-05-20T02:59:22-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149944440/take-a-look-at-the-rapid-urbanization-of-china-s-pearl-river-delta Nicholas Korody 2016-05-10T15:23:00-04:00 >2016-05-19T22:04:22-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s7/s7vo2y8goziecdgd.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The region where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea has seen some of the most rapid urban expansion in human history over the past few decades &ndash; transforming what was mostly agricultural land in 1979 into what is the manufacturing heartland of a global economic superpower today.</p></em><br /><br /><p><strong>Shenzen (1964)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/37/374ws9o0j5m9jmjf.jpg"></p><p><strong>Shenzen (2015)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/b4/b49iq4wsm2ehgg82.jpg"></p><p><strong>Macau (1991)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/tz/tzhp17fmkhfp5d5m.jpg"></p><p><strong>Macau (2015)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/o9/o9nsivpx387udkf9.jpg"></p><p><strong>Hong Kong (1964)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ej/ejg4wpm02hbj4ojk.jpg"></p><p><strong>Hong Kong (2015)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/dv/dv0knfslnceiza6w.jpg"></p><p><strong>Guangzhou (1949)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/f8/f84pja8o7rc6ic51.jpg"></p><p><strong>Guangzhou (2015)</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/hn/hndo5l1ti3e7fw8k.jpg"></p><p>Some related content:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149942173/china-plans-to-build-a-fleet-of-floating-nuclear-power-plants" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China plans to build a fleet of floating nuclear power plants</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149938433/a-more-optimistic-view-on-china-s-ghost-cities" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A more optimistic view on China's ghost cities</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149507559/smog-choked-beijing-plans-ventilation-corridors-to-provide-much-needed-fresh-air" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smog-choked Beijing plans "ventilation corridors" to provide much-needed fresh air</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/148734913/china-says-no-to-weird-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China says no to "weird" architecture</a></li></ul>