The altai road: Visions of development across the Russian-Chinese border

Development and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-145

  Nyíri, Pál ^a   Breidenbach, Joana ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; INVESTMENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 42549117748     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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