Japanese cities in Chinese perspective: Towards a contextual, regional approach to comparative urbanism

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 816-828

  Waley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese cities; comparative urbanism; developmental state; Japanese cities; region

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

CHINA; JAPAN;

EID: 84864463921     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.6.816     Document Type: Article

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