Understanding land development problems in globalizing China

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-103

  Lin, George C S ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Guangdong; Land property rights; Land reform; Land tenure; Land use; Neoliberalism; Political economy; Privatization; Rural land; Social theory; Urban land

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; GLOBALIZATION; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATIZATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL THEORY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 76949087288     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.51.1.80     Document Type: Article

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