The geographical connectedness of chinese seaports with foreland markets: A new trend?

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-204

  Wang, James Jixian ^a   Ng, Adolf Koi Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Connectedness; Containerised trade; Foreland; Port

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952224156     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2010.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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