Subduing "the rural house-building craze": Attitudes towards housing construction and land use controls in four Zhejiang villages

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 172, 2002, Pages 927-955

  Sargeson, Sally ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HOUSING PROVISION; LAND USE PLANNING; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

EID: 0036982440     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0009443902000566     Document Type: Article

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