Emerging Chinese role in shaping St. Petersburg's urban landscape: Interscalar investment strategies in the development of a residential megaproject

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 803-819

  Dixon, Megan ^a  

^a Department of Kinesiology Exercise Science and Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltic Pearl; China; Chinese foreign direct investment; Chinese migrants; historic urban district; interscalar investment strategies; residential housing; Russia; Sino Russian economic relations; St. Petersburg; urban development; urban megaproject

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; LENINGRAD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG;

EID: 78149373573     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.51.6.803     Document Type: Article

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