Green belt, countryside conservation and local politics: A Hong Kong case study

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-247

  Tang, Bo Sin ^a   Wong, Siu Wai ^a   Lee, Anton K W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENBELT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOCAL PLANNING;

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

EID: 33747081333     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2005.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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