Rajin-Seonbong, new gateway of Northeast Asia

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 927-950

  Jo, Jin Cheol ^a   Ducruet, César ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; PORT; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PORT TRADE; SHIPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NAJIN SONBONG; NORTH KOREA;

EID: 35848965684     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-007-0123-9     Document Type: Review

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