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With the aim of helping China learn from other countries experiencesin city development, the book looks at the development of some of the world’s biggest and best-known cities, with a focus on  influential strategies, theoretical breakthroughs ,  projects,  reports and best practices. The Belt and Road Initiative provides a new perspective from which we have discoveredthe “Silk Road Cities”, located in the Eurasia hinterlandand something new in the landscape of the world’s city networks. Deploying geo-economic theories, articles featured in the volume not only clarify theconcept of  “Silk Road Cities”but also look at their key features and significance at this historical moment. The book  tries to understand how these cities can contribute to the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative and what some of the challenges are they will face.