Becoming urban: Rural-urban integration in Nanjing, Jiangsu province

Pacific Affairs

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-494

  Shieh, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Rural urban relations; Suburban village; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 80052732298     PISSN: 0030851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5509/2011843475     Document Type: Article

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