Neighbourhood and neighbouring in contemporary Guangzhou

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 16, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 47-64

  Forrest, Ray ^a   Yip, Ngai Ming ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 33847733823     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670560601026736     Document Type: Article

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