Rediscovering the 'Gate' under market transition: From work-unit compounds to commodity housing enclaves

Housing Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-254

  Wu, Fulong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodity housing; Gated community; Social inequalities; Urban China; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

GATED COMMUNITY; STATE ROLE; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SOCIETY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 16344379739     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026730303042000331754     Document Type: Article

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