Low-income communities and urban poverty in china

Urban Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-242

  Wang, Ya Ping ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Income; Inland cities in China; Low income areas; Poverty

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGQING; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; SHENYANG; WORLD;

EID: 26444478282     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.3.222     Document Type: Article

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