Crossing the 50 percent population Rubicon: Can China Urbanize to prosperity?

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-86

  Chan, Kam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Consumption led growth; Hukou; Local hukou converters; Middle class; Natural population increase; Nonagricultural population; Rural urban migration; Urban reclassification; Urbanization; Wuhan

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MIGRANT WORKER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84860209773     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.53.1.63     Document Type: Review

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