Transformation of cross-boundary governance in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China: Contested geopolitics and emerging conflicts

Habitat International

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-34

  Yang, Chun ^a   Li, Si Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Cross border regions; Geopolitics of city region governance and planning; Greater Pearl River Delta; Hong Kong; State rescaling

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; BILATERAL AGREEMENT; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; FREE TRADE; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEGACITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84874723220     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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