The geopolitics of cross-boundary governance in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China: A case study of the proposed Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 817-835

  Yang, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Cross border integration; Cross border regions; Geopolitics; Greater Pearl Delta; Multi level governance

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL BORDER; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; REGIONALIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; MACAU; SHENZHEN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 33750981820     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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