Re-building Regulation and Re-inventing Governance in the Pearl River Delta, China

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-401

  Xu, Jiang ^a   Yeh, Anthony G O ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Pearl River Delta; regional governance; State restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871338712     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2012.744717     Document Type: Article

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