Planning the competitive city-region: The emergence of strategic development plan in China

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 714-740

  Wu, Fulong ^a   Zhang, Jingxing ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

City competition; Strategic planning; Urban China

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HANGZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 34247250191     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087406298119     Document Type: Article

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