The politics of regional cooperation in the Greater Pearl River Delta

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-37

  Cheung, Peter T Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

12th Five Year Plan (China); China; Hong Kong; Pearl River Delta; Regional cooperation; Regional development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC REFORM; ENTREPRENEUR; GOVERNMENT; NATION STATE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84859396538     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2012.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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