Legal geographies-governing through law: Rightsbased conflicts and property development in Shanghai

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 973-987

  Shih, Mi ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

governance; law; property development; rights based conflicts; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL CONFLICT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77956333065     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.7.973     Document Type: Article

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