UROP Proceedings 2020-21

School of Humanities and Social Science Division of Social Science 234 Greater Bay Area Supervisor: PATCHELL Gerald Roe / SOSC Student: LI Xinyue / GCS Course: UROP1100, Fall To promote the development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area is a major decision and deployment made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to actively adapt to the new economic development. According to the development vision of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), the ecological and environmental problems of GBA are still prominent; based on the strategic positioning of world-class urban agglomeration, GBA faces challenges in leading green development. The government should firmly implement the concept of "ecological priority and green development", accelerate the improvement of the top-level design of ecological environment protection, continuously deepen the cooperation of ecological environment protection among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. In this project, I am mainly in charge of the environment development of GBA, focusing on the ecological protection and planning of GBA. In this article, I would like to demonstrate my research on the ecological development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, in regard to the formation of the Pearl River Delta, wetland resources, ocean ecosystem, blue and green corridors, and national forest city clusters. Greater Bay Area Supervisor: PATCHELL Gerald Roe / SOSC Student: KEUNG Yeuk Yi / GCS Course: UROP1000, Summer Social sustainability frequently correlated with urban renewal, as most studies showed that urban renewal would effectively improve social sustainability for local residents. Social sustainability studies with associated with urban renewal process has not been largely discussed for academic research. This study located in Nantou Ancient City in Shenzhen, a prosperous metropolis in Greater Bay Area in China, through fieldwork and secondary resource analysis, research will analyze how social sustainability generated in an urban village with more than 600 years of history. The research finding will provide an empirical evidence for other scholars and governments to further study about this topic, or have more comprehensive decisions in urban planning. China/Africa Links Project Supervisor: SAUTMAN Barry Victor / SOSC Student: WONG CHEUNG Kin Bong / GCS Course: UROP1000, Summer The purpose of this research paper is to investigate into the link of China and four Africa countries — Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau — especially in terms of agricultural links. The methodology is utilizing the second-hand resourse and relevant data on different database and different news media and throughout internet. In recent years, those four countries both have increasingly tied links with China in different aspects, ranging from mining sector to infrastructure, from agricultural sector to bilateral trade/investment. The influence that people perceived is of both positive and negative in different countries, in different aspects and in different stakeholders.

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