Divergent growth trajectories in China's chemical industry: The case of the newly developed industrial parks in Shanghai, Nanjing and Ningbo

GeoJournal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 675-698

  Zeng, Gang ^a   Bathelt, Harald ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Divergent growth trajectories; Industrial parks; Nanjing; Ningbo; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENT GROWTH TRAJECTORIES; INDUSTRIAL PARKS; NANJING; NINGBO; SHANGHAI;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; TRAJECTORIES;

PARKS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; SPECIALIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; NINGBO; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 81155123366     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9313-6     Document Type: Article

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