Global transpark: New competitiveness for Hong KONG and South China based on air logistics

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-163

  Sit, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air freight; Air transport; Airport; Economic restructuring; Global TransPark; Hong Kong Extended Metropolitan Region; New Economy; Pearl River Delta

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; COMPETITIVENESS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 28444484316     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2004.00159.x     Document Type: Review

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