Enclave urbanism in China: Consequences and interpretations

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-182

  Douglass, Mike ^a   Wissink, Bart ^b   Van Kempen, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; enclave urbanism; gated communities; privatization; segregation; spatial inequality

Indexed keywords

ENCLAVE; GATED COMMUNITY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84859800700     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.2.167     Document Type: Article

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