Structural change, land use and the state in China: Making sense of three divergent processes

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-111

  Arsel, Murat ^a   Dasgupta, Anirban ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

China; economic growth; land; state; structural change

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; LAND USE CHANGE; STATE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84873668088     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2012.26     Document Type: Article

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