Global cities: urban environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China

During the past four decades Los Angeles and Hong Kong have come to play a critical role in the flow of goods, people, and capital; in the changes in production and consumption; and in the urban environmental issues that have taken root as a result of the changes they have experienced.

This work evaluates the issues associated with those changes, including how Los Angeles and Hong Kong have become connected to China and its key urban regions such as Shenzhen and Guangzhou in the Pearl River Delta.