Dilemmas of local governance under the development zone fever in China: A case study of the Suzhou Region

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1037-1054

  Yang, Daniel You Ren ^a   Wang, Hung Kai ^b  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCAL REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIALIZATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; SUZHOU; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 42149111012     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008089852     Document Type: Article

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