The case of specialized towns in Guangdong, China

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 707-729

  Bellandi, Marco ^a   Di Tommaso, Marco R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIALIZATION;

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

EID: 22744448564     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500139244     Document Type: Review

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