Poverty concentration and determinants in China's Urban low-income neighbourhoods and social groups

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 328-349

  He, Shenjing ^a   Wu, Fulong ^b   Webster, Chris ^b   Liu, Yuting ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INNER CITY AREA; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; URBAN ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; CITY PLANNING; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77954203140     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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