World-city formation under an executive-led government: The politics of harbour reclamation in Hong Kong

Town Planning Review

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-337

  Ng, Mee Kam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HARBOR; PORT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECLAIMED LAND; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT; WORLD CITY;

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

EID: 34248639054     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.77.3.4     Document Type: Article

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