Why city-region planning does not work well in China: The case of Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou

Cities

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-217

  Luo, Xiaolong ^a   Shen, Jianfa ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; City region; Suzhou Wuxi Changzhou city region planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; CHANGZHOU; CHINA; CHONGQING; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; SUZHOU; WUXI [CHONGQING];

EID: 47549109756     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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