Measuring the urban competitiveness of Chinese cities in 2000

Cities

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Jiang, Yihong ^a   Shen, Jianfa ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Sustainable development; Urban competitiveness

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SOCIETY;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHANGHAI; ZHUHAI;

EID: 77955552854     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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