Ageing urban society: Discourse and policy

China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 126-142

  Cook, Ian G ^a   Powell, Jason L ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954065095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203937808     Document Type: Chapter

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