Advantages and dynamics of urban agglomeration development on Yangtze River Delta

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 521-534

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Fang, Chuanglin ^a   Wang, Zhenbo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

braking forces; development evolution; driving forces; urban agglomeration on Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862196152     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-012-0944-z     Document Type: Article

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