In search of regional planning in China: The case of Jiangsu and the Yangtze Delta

Town Planning Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 295-329

  Wong, Cecilia ^a   Qian, Hui ^a   Zhou, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 55349111183     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.79.2-3.8     Document Type: Article

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