Harnessing the forces of urban expansion: The public economics of farmland development allowances

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 488-507

  Chau, Nancy H ^a,b   Zhang, Weiwen ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND REFORM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLICY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

HARNESS;

EID: 80053285281     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.3.488     Document Type: Article

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