Characteristics of the Yangtze River delta Mega-City Region

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1025-1036

  Zhang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analysis of characteristics; Mega City Region; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

MEGACITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; WORLD CITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33845986747     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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