Testing the global city-social polarisation thesis: Hong Kong since the 1990s

Urban Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1863-1888

  Chiu, Stephen W K ^a   Lui, Tai Lok ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

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

EID: 5644270184     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098042000256297     Document Type: Article

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