Scale, state and the city: Urban transformation in post-reform China

Habitat International

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 303-316

  Shen, Jianfa ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Scale theory; State; Urban transformation

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; LIBERALIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 35548949908     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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