Commercial redevelopment and regional inequality in Urban China: Xining's Wangfujing?

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-199

  Gaubatz, Piper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial redevelopment; Globalization; Regional inequality; Urban development; Urban planning; Western China; Xining

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; PLANNING PRACTICE; REDEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; XINING;

EID: 47349108498     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.49.2.180     Document Type: Article

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