Gated and packaged suburbia: Packaging and branding Chinese suburban residential development

Cities

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 385-396

  Wu, Fulong ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese cities; Place branding; Place marketing; Residential development

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ESTHETICS; GATED COMMUNITY; MARKETING; PLACE NAME; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; WESTERNIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77955516488     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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