Research note-the "instant city" Coming of age: Production of spaces in China's Shenzhen special economic zone

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1141-1147

  Chen, Xiangming ^a   De'Medici, Tomas ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

instant city; production of space; Shenzhen

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; GLOBALIZATION; MARKET TRANSITION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIALISM; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 78650613427     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.8.1141     Document Type: Article

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