Counting urban population in Chinese censuses 1953-2000: Changing definitions, problems and solutions

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-400

  Shen, Jianfa ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Census; China; Estimation techniques; Urban population; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN POPULATION;

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

EID: 24944532069     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.382     Document Type: Article

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