Art and power in the new China: An exploration of Beijing's 798 district and its implications for contemporary urbanism

Town Planning Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 237-265

  Currier, Jennifer ^a  

^a London Borough of Newham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GENTRIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

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

EID: 55349125739     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.79.2-3.6     Document Type: Article

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