The Urbanization and Innovation of Guangzhou

1. Urbanization and
Innovation of Guangzhou
By: Marian Lee

2. What’s urbanization and
innovation?
• Urbanization - process of developing
• Innovation - process of making, improving
things

3. What’s a megacity?
• A city with over 10 million people living
• There are 35 megacities in existence
• Guangzhou is a megacity

4. How has innovation affected the
population growth of Guangzhou?
• Innovation of traffics
• Safety
• Better roads
• Faster transport

5. How has innovation affected the
population growth of Guangzhou?
• Innovation of
commercial
• Economy
• High GDP
• Higher quality/level of
life

6. How has innovation affected the
population growth of Guangzhou?
• Innovation of
architectures
• Better places to live
• Uses space more
effectively
• More advanced design

7. Positives and Negatives of
Innovation
• Traffics
• More safer but creates
waste

8. Positives and Negatives of
Innovation
• Commercial
• More rich and higher
economy but indirectly
causes pollution

9. Positives and Negatives of
Innovation
• Architecture
• More places for people
to live but indirectly
create waste

10. Evidence from Guangzhou
• Traffics
• The “poison” dirts that’s
been forgotten after
fixing the roads

11. Evidence from Guangzhou
• Commercial
• The factories that’s
creating the smokes
were for producing
products to sell or trade

12. Evidence from Guangzhou
• Architecture
• These were the waste
that’s been left out after
building new
architectures

13. Citations
- “The development history of Guangzhou." https://www.douban.com. douban,
n.d.
Web. 1 June 2016. <https://www.douban.com/note/512767051/>.
-"'Villages-in-the-City' and Urbanization in Guangzhou, China."
https://digital.lib.washington.edu. digital.lib.washington.edu, n.d.
Web. 1 June 2016. <https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/
handle/1773/22625>.
-"Guangzhou tops best mainland commercial cities rankings."
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn. chinadaily, n.d. Web. 1 June 2016.
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-12/16/content_19100719.htm>.
-"Vicissitude history of Guangzhou." http://gz.house.ifeng.com. ifeng, n.d. Web.
1 June 2016. <http://gz.house.ifeng.com/column/news/gzcity2014/
index.shtml>.

14. Marian Lee
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