Urbanization of capital or capitalization on urban land? Land development and local public finance in urbanizing China

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-79

  Lin, George ^a   Yi, Fangxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b China Academy of Urban Planning and Design   (China)

Author keywords

China; Jiangsu Province; land development; local public finance; urbanization

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; FINANCE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 78650889096     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.1.50     Document Type: Article

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