Fractal time-dependent issues in fluid dynamics provide a distinct difficulty in numerical analysis due to their complex characteristics,necessitating specialized computing techniques for precise and economical soluti...Fractal time-dependent issues in fluid dynamics provide a distinct difficulty in numerical analysis due to their complex characteristics,necessitating specialized computing techniques for precise and economical solutions.This study presents an innovative computational approach to tackle these difficulties.The main focus is applying the Fractal Runge-Kutta Method to model the time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)Newtonian fluid with rescaled viscosity flow on Riga plates.An efficient computational scheme is proposed for handling fractal timedependent problems in flow phenomena.The scheme is comprised of three stages and constructed using three different time levels.The stability of the scheme is shown by employing the Fourier series analysis to solve scalar problems.The scheme’s convergence is guaranteed for a time fractal partial differential equations system.The scheme is applied to the dimensionless fractal heat and mass transfer model of incompressible,unsteady,laminar,Newtonian fluid with rescaled viscosity flow over the flat and oscillatory Riga plates under the effects of spaceand temperature-dependent heat sources.The first-order back differences discretize the continuity equation.The results show that skin friction local Nusselt number declines by raising the coefficient of the temperature-dependent term of heat source and Eckert number.The numerical simulations provide valuable insights into fluid dynamics,explicitly highlighting the influence of the temperature-dependent coefficient of the heat source and the Eckert number on skin friction and local Nusselt number.展开更多
A new method to accelerate the convergent rate of the space-alternatinggeneralized expectation-maximization (SAGE) algorithm is proposed. The new rescaled block-iterativeSAGE (RBI-SAGE) algorithm combines the RBI algo...A new method to accelerate the convergent rate of the space-alternatinggeneralized expectation-maximization (SAGE) algorithm is proposed. The new rescaled block-iterativeSAGE (RBI-SAGE) algorithm combines the RBI algorithm with the SAGE algorithm for PET imagereconstruction. In the new approach, the projection data is partitioned into disjoint blocks; eachiteration step involves only one of these blocks. SAGE updates the parameters sequentially in eachblock. In experiments, the RBI-SAGE algorithm and classical SAGE algorithm are compared in theapplication on positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction. Simulation results show thatRBI-SAGE has better performance than SAGE in both convergence and image quality.展开更多
This study established numerical modeling using COMSOLTMto examine the influence of horizontal location and drainage ability of surface borehole on spontaneous combustion in longwall working face gob. Rescaled Range A...This study established numerical modeling using COMSOLTMto examine the influence of horizontal location and drainage ability of surface borehole on spontaneous combustion in longwall working face gob. Rescaled Range Analysis(R/S analysis) was employed to investigate the chaos characteristic of N_2/O_2 ratio from a surface borehole in 10416 working face gob, Yangliu Colliery, China. The simulation results show that there is always a circular ‘‘dissipation zone" around the drainage borehole and an elliptic ‘‘spontaneous combustion zone" in deep gob. Little influence was found on spontaneous combustion zone on the intake side of the gob but the width of spontaneous combustion zone in middle gob is enlarged, while the depth of spontaneous combustion zone near the return side is reduced. The R/S analysis indicates that the influence of surface borehole on spontaneous combustion can be divided into two stages by the chaos feature of N_2/O_2: safety drainage stage and spontaneous combustion initiating stage. It can be concluded that the methane drainage from gob through surface borehole can intervene in the distribution of spontaneous combustion zone in gob and the chaos feature of N_2/O_2 from surface borehole can effectively reflect coal spontaneous combustion condition in gob.展开更多
The Langevin approach has been applied to model the random open and closing dynamics of ion channels. It has long been known that the gate-based Langevin approach is not sufficiently accurate to reproduce the statisti...The Langevin approach has been applied to model the random open and closing dynamics of ion channels. It has long been known that the gate-based Langevin approach is not sufficiently accurate to reproduce the statistics of stochastic channel dynamics in Hodgkin–Huxley neurons. Here, we introduce a modified gate-based Langevin approach with rescaled noise strength to simulate stochastic channel dynamics. The rescaled independent gate and identical gate Langevin approaches improve the statistical results for the mean membrane voltage, inter-spike interval, and spike amplitude.展开更多
The characteristics of coal seam development,and the prospects of a favorable coal-forming area,were evaluated for the Liaohe Basin located in China.The Number 3 and Number 9 coal seam thickness series from 60 nearly ...The characteristics of coal seam development,and the prospects of a favorable coal-forming area,were evaluated for the Liaohe Basin located in China.The Number 3 and Number 9 coal seam thickness series from 60 nearly equally spaced bores in the Eastern depression of the Liaohe Basin were examined by a rescaled range analysis.The results indicate that the Hurst exponents of the Number 3 and Number 9 coal seam thickness series are 0.69 and 0.68,respectively.This suggests the presence of persistence.As the bore spacing increases the Hurst exponent of the Number 3 series gradually decreases(H changes from 0.69 to 0.52) and shifts from persistence to randomness.The Hurst exponent of the Number 9 thickness data gradually increases(H changes from 0.68 to 0.91) and always shows the characteristic of persistence.A combination of geological characteristics and the series data allow the conclusion that it is more suitable for the Number 9 coal seam to form in the Northeastern part of the Eastern depression than the Number 3 coal seam.展开更多
In the present paper, a comparison of the performance between moving cutting data-rescaled range analysis (MC- R/S) and moving cutting data-rescaled variance analysis (MC-V/S) is made. The results clearly indicate...In the present paper, a comparison of the performance between moving cutting data-rescaled range analysis (MC- R/S) and moving cutting data-rescaled variance analysis (MC-V/S) is made. The results clearly indicate that the operating efficiency of the MC-R/S algorithm is higher than that of the MC-V/S algorithm. In our numerical test, the computer time consumed by MC-V/S is approximately 25 times that by MC-R/S for an identical window size in artificial data. Except for the difference in operating efficiency, there are no significant differences in performance between MC-R/S and MC-V/S for the abrupt dynamic change detection. Mc-R/s and MC-V/S both display some degree of anti-noise ability. However, it is important to consider the influences of strong noise on the detection results of MC-R/S and MC-V/S in practical application展开更多
Understanding and modeling flows over porous layers are of great industrial significance.To accurately solve the turbulent multi-scale flows on complex configurations,a rescaling algorithm designed for turbulent flows...Understanding and modeling flows over porous layers are of great industrial significance.To accurately solve the turbulent multi-scale flows on complex configurations,a rescaling algorithm designed for turbulent flows with the Chapman-Enskog analysis is proposed.The mesh layout and the detailed rescaling procedure are also introduced.Direct numerical simulations(DNSs)for a turbulent channel flow and a porous walled turbulent channel flow are performed with the three-dimensional nineteen-velocity(D3Q19)multiple-relaxation-time(MRT)lattice Boltzmann method(LBM)to validate the accuracy,adaptability,and computational performance of the present rescaling algorithm.The results,which are consistent with the previous DNS studies based on the finite difference method and the LBM,demonstrate that the present method can maintain the continuity of the macro values across the grid interface and is able to adapt to complex geometries.The reasonable time consumption of the rescaling procedure shows that the present method can accurately calculate various turbulent flows with multi-scale and complex configurations while maintaining high computational efficiency.展开更多
针对光伏发电功率具有较强的波动性、间歇性输出,光伏功率预测精度较低,且难于给出具体预测时间长度等问题,提出了一种长相关随机模型分数阶布朗运动(fractional Brownian motion,FBM),用于光伏功率预测。首先,采用重标极差法计算长相关...针对光伏发电功率具有较强的波动性、间歇性输出,光伏功率预测精度较低,且难于给出具体预测时间长度等问题,提出了一种长相关随机模型分数阶布朗运动(fractional Brownian motion,FBM),用于光伏功率预测。首先,采用重标极差法计算长相关(long-range dependence,LRD)参数-Hurst指数,Hurst指数用于判断光伏功率数据是否满足长相关性,并通过最大李雅普诺夫指数(Lyapunov)计算出模型最大可预测时间尺度;其次,采用随机微分法建立FBM光伏功率预测模型,同时估计FBM预测模型参数值;最后,选取澳大利亚沙漠知识太阳能中心(Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Center,DKASC)、美国国家可再生能源实验室(National Renewable Energy Laboratory,NREL)以及北京国能日新科技有限公司的光伏功率数据集,从不同的地理环境、不同的气候特征、不同的规模大小电站进行验证。仿真结果表明,该模型较传统的Kalman、LSTM模型具有更高的预测精度,可为光伏并网的稳定和安全运行提供更好的理论支持,对电网调度部门具有较高的参考价值。展开更多
[目的]探究山东省不同气候分区年降水量的时空特征,为该地区气候分析、防灾减灾提供更加区域性的参考依据。[方法]根据山东省95个国家地面气象观测站1991—2020年降水年值数据,首先对山东省年降水场进行气候分区,然后通过相关统计方法...[目的]探究山东省不同气候分区年降水量的时空特征,为该地区气候分析、防灾减灾提供更加区域性的参考依据。[方法]根据山东省95个国家地面气象观测站1991—2020年降水年值数据,首先对山东省年降水场进行气候分区,然后通过相关统计方法分析各分区降水的时空变化特征。[结果](1)山东省各降水模态降水偏少的年份更多,降水偏多的年份降水强度更大,年代际变化均较为明显,但各模态降水偏多偏少的年份分布及强度变化有所不同。(2)山东省年降水量大致由东南向西北递减,年降水场划分为东南沿海区(Ⅰ区)、西北平原区(Ⅱ区)和中部山地区(Ⅲ区)3个区域,各降水分区年降水均呈不显著增加趋势,趋势率各不相同,突变均不明显。(3)山东省各降水分区年降水量均具有较为明显的周期性特征,东南沿海区年降水场存在2个较为明显的能量中心,中心尺度均为2~3 a,未来变化具有强持续性;西北平原区年降水场存在3个较为明显的能量中心,中心尺度分别为5~7 a, 3 a和2~3 a,未来变化具有持续性;中部山地区年降水场存在2个较为明显的能量中心,中心尺度分别为2~3 a, 6 a,未来变化具有强持续性。[结论]山东省降水偏少的年份更多,降水偏多的年份降水强度更大,年降水场大致可分为3个分区,各分区年降水量均呈不显著增加趋势,均具有较为明显的周期性特征,且未来变化均具有持续性。展开更多
Languages and linguistic resources transport from one locality to another,adapting to the norms,customs,and regulations of a new locality.This process involves translocalization.Translocalization emphasizes the moveme...Languages and linguistic resources transport from one locality to another,adapting to the norms,customs,and regulations of a new locality.This process involves translocalization.Translocalization emphasizes the movement of linguistic resources against the backdrop of globalization and the combination or reframing of resources from different localities.This research explores the extent to which translocalization is reflected by the linguistic landscapes of three distinct commercial areas in Guangzhou,China.It goes on to discuss how translocalization works together with social rescaling to incur the movement of linguistic resources and to result in distinct linguistic landscapes of the three commercial areas.It concludes that some languages or linguistic resources,such as English,pinyin and traditional Chinese writing,are transported to local contexts for the purpose of rescaling,whereas other languages or dialects,like Cantonese,might gradually lose their function of rescaling and retain its function in indexing local identity and solidarity.This study calls for more attention to the local resources and contexts in linguistic landscape studies.It argues for the indexical function of linguistic resources in social rescaling and city planning.展开更多
Graphical representation of hierarchical clustering results is of final importance in hierarchical cluster analysis of data. Unfortunately, almost all mathematical or statistical software may have a weak capability of...Graphical representation of hierarchical clustering results is of final importance in hierarchical cluster analysis of data. Unfortunately, almost all mathematical or statistical software may have a weak capability of showcasing such clustering results. Particularly, most of clustering results or trees drawn cannot be represented in a dendrogram with a resizable, rescalable and free-style fashion. With the “dynamic” drawing instead of “static” one, this research works around these weak functionalities that restrict visualization of clustering results in an arbitrary manner. It introduces an algorithmic solution to these functionalities, which adopts seamless pixel rearrangements to be able to resize and rescale dendrograms or tree diagrams. The results showed that the algorithm developed makes clustering outcome representation a really free visualization of hierarchical clustering and bioinformatics analysis. Especially, it possesses features of selectively visualizing and/or saving results in a specific size, scale and style (different views).展开更多
The Pearl River Delta region has been the hub of urban vibrancy and boom ever since the country’s opening up and devolution reforms.However,the political and economic institutions of the cities in this region are so ...The Pearl River Delta region has been the hub of urban vibrancy and boom ever since the country’s opening up and devolution reforms.However,the political and economic institutions of the cities in this region are so different and complicated that they pose great challenges to the integration of the whole region.This study takes one prominent experiment of urban expansion,Hengqin in Zhuhai,as a case study to investigate how institutional innovations are forged and managed to boost urban development and transitions towards sustainable growth and regional integration.We adopt a multi-level perspective framework to analyze Hengqin’s urban transition.Government archives,master plans,various documents and interviews with government officials,planners,residents,and businesses from Zhuhai,Hong Kong,and Macao are chosen as sources of the analysis,which delineates the complex interactions from a variety of stakeholders.Despite difficulties in the early days,Hengqin is now transitioning quickly,although still confronted with inter-scalar challenges.A better understanding of the governance and economic innovations that have taken place,and the investment-driven development strategies involved,will help shed light on the urban transition of other similar city regions.展开更多
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文摘Fractal time-dependent issues in fluid dynamics provide a distinct difficulty in numerical analysis due to their complex characteristics,necessitating specialized computing techniques for precise and economical solutions.This study presents an innovative computational approach to tackle these difficulties.The main focus is applying the Fractal Runge-Kutta Method to model the time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)Newtonian fluid with rescaled viscosity flow on Riga plates.An efficient computational scheme is proposed for handling fractal timedependent problems in flow phenomena.The scheme is comprised of three stages and constructed using three different time levels.The stability of the scheme is shown by employing the Fourier series analysis to solve scalar problems.The scheme’s convergence is guaranteed for a time fractal partial differential equations system.The scheme is applied to the dimensionless fractal heat and mass transfer model of incompressible,unsteady,laminar,Newtonian fluid with rescaled viscosity flow over the flat and oscillatory Riga plates under the effects of spaceand temperature-dependent heat sources.The first-order back differences discretize the continuity equation.The results show that skin friction local Nusselt number declines by raising the coefficient of the temperature-dependent term of heat source and Eckert number.The numerical simulations provide valuable insights into fluid dynamics,explicitly highlighting the influence of the temperature-dependent coefficient of the heat source and the Eckert number on skin friction and local Nusselt number.
文摘A new method to accelerate the convergent rate of the space-alternatinggeneralized expectation-maximization (SAGE) algorithm is proposed. The new rescaled block-iterativeSAGE (RBI-SAGE) algorithm combines the RBI algorithm with the SAGE algorithm for PET imagereconstruction. In the new approach, the projection data is partitioned into disjoint blocks; eachiteration step involves only one of these blocks. SAGE updates the parameters sequentially in eachblock. In experiments, the RBI-SAGE algorithm and classical SAGE algorithm are compared in theapplication on positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction. Simulation results show thatRBI-SAGE has better performance than SAGE in both convergence and image quality.
基金provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51174198)China Scholarship Council (No. 201506420024)
文摘This study established numerical modeling using COMSOLTMto examine the influence of horizontal location and drainage ability of surface borehole on spontaneous combustion in longwall working face gob. Rescaled Range Analysis(R/S analysis) was employed to investigate the chaos characteristic of N_2/O_2 ratio from a surface borehole in 10416 working face gob, Yangliu Colliery, China. The simulation results show that there is always a circular ‘‘dissipation zone" around the drainage borehole and an elliptic ‘‘spontaneous combustion zone" in deep gob. Little influence was found on spontaneous combustion zone on the intake side of the gob but the width of spontaneous combustion zone in middle gob is enlarged, while the depth of spontaneous combustion zone near the return side is reduced. The R/S analysis indicates that the influence of surface borehole on spontaneous combustion can be divided into two stages by the chaos feature of N_2/O_2: safety drainage stage and spontaneous combustion initiating stage. It can be concluded that the methane drainage from gob through surface borehole can intervene in the distribution of spontaneous combustion zone in gob and the chaos feature of N_2/O_2 from surface borehole can effectively reflect coal spontaneous combustion condition in gob.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(Grant No.11125419)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10925525)+1 种基金the Funds for the Leading Talents of Fujian ProvinceChina
文摘The Langevin approach has been applied to model the random open and closing dynamics of ion channels. It has long been known that the gate-based Langevin approach is not sufficiently accurate to reproduce the statistics of stochastic channel dynamics in Hodgkin–Huxley neurons. Here, we introduce a modified gate-based Langevin approach with rescaled noise strength to simulate stochastic channel dynamics. The rescaled independent gate and identical gate Langevin approaches improve the statistical results for the mean membrane voltage, inter-spike interval, and spike amplitude.
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China(No.2007CB209503)
文摘The characteristics of coal seam development,and the prospects of a favorable coal-forming area,were evaluated for the Liaohe Basin located in China.The Number 3 and Number 9 coal seam thickness series from 60 nearly equally spaced bores in the Eastern depression of the Liaohe Basin were examined by a rescaled range analysis.The results indicate that the Hurst exponents of the Number 3 and Number 9 coal seam thickness series are 0.69 and 0.68,respectively.This suggests the presence of persistence.As the bore spacing increases the Hurst exponent of the Number 3 series gradually decreases(H changes from 0.69 to 0.52) and shifts from persistence to randomness.The Hurst exponent of the Number 9 thickness data gradually increases(H changes from 0.68 to 0.91) and always shows the characteristic of persistence.A combination of geological characteristics and the series data allow the conclusion that it is more suitable for the Number 9 coal seam to form in the Northeastern part of the Eastern depression than the Number 3 coal seam.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB955902)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41275074,41475073,and 41175084)
文摘In the present paper, a comparison of the performance between moving cutting data-rescaled range analysis (MC- R/S) and moving cutting data-rescaled variance analysis (MC-V/S) is made. The results clearly indicate that the operating efficiency of the MC-R/S algorithm is higher than that of the MC-V/S algorithm. In our numerical test, the computer time consumed by MC-V/S is approximately 25 times that by MC-R/S for an identical window size in artificial data. Except for the difference in operating efficiency, there are no significant differences in performance between MC-R/S and MC-V/S for the abrupt dynamic change detection. Mc-R/s and MC-V/S both display some degree of anti-noise ability. However, it is important to consider the influences of strong noise on the detection results of MC-R/S and MC-V/S in practical application
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12172207 and 92052201)。
文摘Understanding and modeling flows over porous layers are of great industrial significance.To accurately solve the turbulent multi-scale flows on complex configurations,a rescaling algorithm designed for turbulent flows with the Chapman-Enskog analysis is proposed.The mesh layout and the detailed rescaling procedure are also introduced.Direct numerical simulations(DNSs)for a turbulent channel flow and a porous walled turbulent channel flow are performed with the three-dimensional nineteen-velocity(D3Q19)multiple-relaxation-time(MRT)lattice Boltzmann method(LBM)to validate the accuracy,adaptability,and computational performance of the present rescaling algorithm.The results,which are consistent with the previous DNS studies based on the finite difference method and the LBM,demonstrate that the present method can maintain the continuity of the macro values across the grid interface and is able to adapt to complex geometries.The reasonable time consumption of the rescaling procedure shows that the present method can accurately calculate various turbulent flows with multi-scale and complex configurations while maintaining high computational efficiency.
文摘针对光伏发电功率具有较强的波动性、间歇性输出,光伏功率预测精度较低,且难于给出具体预测时间长度等问题,提出了一种长相关随机模型分数阶布朗运动(fractional Brownian motion,FBM),用于光伏功率预测。首先,采用重标极差法计算长相关(long-range dependence,LRD)参数-Hurst指数,Hurst指数用于判断光伏功率数据是否满足长相关性,并通过最大李雅普诺夫指数(Lyapunov)计算出模型最大可预测时间尺度;其次,采用随机微分法建立FBM光伏功率预测模型,同时估计FBM预测模型参数值;最后,选取澳大利亚沙漠知识太阳能中心(Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Center,DKASC)、美国国家可再生能源实验室(National Renewable Energy Laboratory,NREL)以及北京国能日新科技有限公司的光伏功率数据集,从不同的地理环境、不同的气候特征、不同的规模大小电站进行验证。仿真结果表明,该模型较传统的Kalman、LSTM模型具有更高的预测精度,可为光伏并网的稳定和安全运行提供更好的理论支持,对电网调度部门具有较高的参考价值。
文摘[目的]探究山东省不同气候分区年降水量的时空特征,为该地区气候分析、防灾减灾提供更加区域性的参考依据。[方法]根据山东省95个国家地面气象观测站1991—2020年降水年值数据,首先对山东省年降水场进行气候分区,然后通过相关统计方法分析各分区降水的时空变化特征。[结果](1)山东省各降水模态降水偏少的年份更多,降水偏多的年份降水强度更大,年代际变化均较为明显,但各模态降水偏多偏少的年份分布及强度变化有所不同。(2)山东省年降水量大致由东南向西北递减,年降水场划分为东南沿海区(Ⅰ区)、西北平原区(Ⅱ区)和中部山地区(Ⅲ区)3个区域,各降水分区年降水均呈不显著增加趋势,趋势率各不相同,突变均不明显。(3)山东省各降水分区年降水量均具有较为明显的周期性特征,东南沿海区年降水场存在2个较为明显的能量中心,中心尺度均为2~3 a,未来变化具有强持续性;西北平原区年降水场存在3个较为明显的能量中心,中心尺度分别为5~7 a, 3 a和2~3 a,未来变化具有持续性;中部山地区年降水场存在2个较为明显的能量中心,中心尺度分别为2~3 a, 6 a,未来变化具有强持续性。[结论]山东省降水偏少的年份更多,降水偏多的年份降水强度更大,年降水场大致可分为3个分区,各分区年降水量均呈不显著增加趋势,均具有较为明显的周期性特征,且未来变化均具有持续性。
基金supported by MOE Project of Humanities and Social Sciences for Young Researchers(Project No.:16YJC740023)Project of Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities and Colleges in Guangdong Province[Project No.:2016WTSCX033]the support from the Chinese MOE Research Project of Humanities and Social Science(Project No.:16JJD740006)conducted by the Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
文摘Languages and linguistic resources transport from one locality to another,adapting to the norms,customs,and regulations of a new locality.This process involves translocalization.Translocalization emphasizes the movement of linguistic resources against the backdrop of globalization and the combination or reframing of resources from different localities.This research explores the extent to which translocalization is reflected by the linguistic landscapes of three distinct commercial areas in Guangzhou,China.It goes on to discuss how translocalization works together with social rescaling to incur the movement of linguistic resources and to result in distinct linguistic landscapes of the three commercial areas.It concludes that some languages or linguistic resources,such as English,pinyin and traditional Chinese writing,are transported to local contexts for the purpose of rescaling,whereas other languages or dialects,like Cantonese,might gradually lose their function of rescaling and retain its function in indexing local identity and solidarity.This study calls for more attention to the local resources and contexts in linguistic landscape studies.It argues for the indexical function of linguistic resources in social rescaling and city planning.
文摘Graphical representation of hierarchical clustering results is of final importance in hierarchical cluster analysis of data. Unfortunately, almost all mathematical or statistical software may have a weak capability of showcasing such clustering results. Particularly, most of clustering results or trees drawn cannot be represented in a dendrogram with a resizable, rescalable and free-style fashion. With the “dynamic” drawing instead of “static” one, this research works around these weak functionalities that restrict visualization of clustering results in an arbitrary manner. It introduces an algorithmic solution to these functionalities, which adopts seamless pixel rearrangements to be able to resize and rescale dendrograms or tree diagrams. The results showed that the algorithm developed makes clustering outcome representation a really free visualization of hierarchical clustering and bioinformatics analysis. Especially, it possesses features of selectively visualizing and/or saving results in a specific size, scale and style (different views).
文摘The Pearl River Delta region has been the hub of urban vibrancy and boom ever since the country’s opening up and devolution reforms.However,the political and economic institutions of the cities in this region are so different and complicated that they pose great challenges to the integration of the whole region.This study takes one prominent experiment of urban expansion,Hengqin in Zhuhai,as a case study to investigate how institutional innovations are forged and managed to boost urban development and transitions towards sustainable growth and regional integration.We adopt a multi-level perspective framework to analyze Hengqin’s urban transition.Government archives,master plans,various documents and interviews with government officials,planners,residents,and businesses from Zhuhai,Hong Kong,and Macao are chosen as sources of the analysis,which delineates the complex interactions from a variety of stakeholders.Despite difficulties in the early days,Hengqin is now transitioning quickly,although still confronted with inter-scalar challenges.A better understanding of the governance and economic innovations that have taken place,and the investment-driven development strategies involved,will help shed light on the urban transition of other similar city regions.