Urbanization in the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, China

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  Ouyang, Tingping ^a   Kuang, Yaoqiu ^a   Hu, Zhenyu ^a   Sun, Bo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Agglomeration effect; Cropland; Degree of intensification; The pearl river delta economic zone; Urban land; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; WORLD; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 19544370163     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500509469617     Document Type: Article

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