The emergence and spatial distribution of Chinese seaport cities

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-209

  Funke, Michael ^a   Yu, Hao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Cities; Economic geography model; Seaports

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954834261     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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