Future urban-rural relationship in China: Comparison in a global context

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 396-411

  Li, Yuheng ^a   Westlund, Hans ^a   Cars, Göran ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Knowledge economy; Rural regions; Urban regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955109478     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371011097713     Document Type: Article

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