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The Development Implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative for
Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
by
Nathan Hutson
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
May 2019
Dissertation Committee:
Genevieve Giuliano (Chair)
Jorge De la Roca
Eric Heikkila
Jeff Nugent
Object Description
| Title | The development implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative for Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus |
| Author | Hutson, Nathan |
| Author email | nhutson@usc.edu;nhutson2746@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Urban Planning and Development |
| School | School of Policy, Planning and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2019-03-17 |
| Date submitted | 2019-05-05 |
| Date approved | 2019-05-06 |
| Restricted until | 2019-05-06 |
| Date published | 2019-05-06 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Giuliano, Genevieve |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Heikkila, Eric De la Roca, Jorge Nugent, Jeff |
| Abstract | This dissertation explores the long term development implications of China's Eurasian rail land bridge on the economies of countries it transits, namely Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus. The dissertation explores the historical context of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and how it emerged from China's prior efforts to develop underperforming western provinces. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the Sino-Soviet Split and its role in distorting the spatial development of Eurasia. Alternative routing options for Eurasian cargo are evaluated along with infrastructure projects affiliated with the BRI. A geospatial analysis of manufacturing firms illustrates the extent to which alternative corridor routings serve the pre-existing base of firms of different industrial classifications in order to show how these alignments dovetail with the countries' national development strategies. The final chapter explores the institutional and geopolitical dimensions of the Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia, including an analysis of the political transition in Kazakhstan. |
| Keyword | Belt and Road Initiative; New Silk Road; intermodal transportation; rail; economic development; infrastructure coordination; Sino-Soviet split; China; Kazakhstan; Russia; Belarus; Central Asia |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Hutson, Nathan |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-HutsonNath-7406.pdf |
| Archival file | Volume10/etd-HutsonNath-7406.pdf |
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| Full text | 1 The Development Implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative for Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus by Nathan Hutson A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT May 2019 Dissertation Committee: Genevieve Giuliano (Chair) Jorge De la Roca Eric Heikkila Jeff Nugent |
