Brave new City: Three problems in Chinese Urban public space since the 1980s

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-207

  Miao, Pu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHINA;

EID: 79953682211     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2011.548980     Document Type: Article

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