Regional and sectoral differences in the spatial restructuring of Chinese manufacturing industries during the post-WTO period

GeoJournal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-381

  He, Canfei ^a   Wang, Junsong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Industrial agglomeration; Localization economies; Manufacturing industries; Urbanization economies

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS; CHINA; COASTAL REGIONS; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LOCALIZATION ECONOMIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MICRO LEVEL; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SPATIAL CHANGES; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES; URBANIZATION ECONOMIES; WESTERN REGION; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

COASTAL ZONES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURE; WATER ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRY;

COASTAL ZONE; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; LIBERALIZATION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84861231141     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-010-9396-0     Document Type: Article

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