Explaining land use change in a Guangdong County: The supply side of the story

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 207, 2011, Pages 626-648

  Ping, Yew Chiew ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 82555165497     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741011000683     Document Type: Article

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