Prefecture-level statistics as a source of data for research into China's regional development

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 172, 2002, Pages 956-978

  Herrmann Pillath, Carsten ^a   Kirchert, Daniel ^a   Jiancheng, Pan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b National Bureau of Statistics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 0036987565     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0009443902000578     Document Type: Article

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