Deconstructing the global city: Unravelling the linkages that underlie Hong Kong's world city status

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1625-1646

  Chu, Yin Wah ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CAPITAL MARKET; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MARKET; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

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

EID: 45149110433     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008091494     Document Type: Article

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