Decentralization and polarization: Contradictory trends in hong kong’s postcolonial social landscape

Urban Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-60

  Lo, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Hong Kong; Polycentric city; Population decentralization

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POST-COLONIALISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN SOCIETY;

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

EID: 24644436013     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.1.36     Document Type: Article

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