Regional Social Inequalities and Social Deprivation in Guangdong Province, China

Growth and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-167

  Yuan, Yuan ^a   Wu, Fulong ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84874736799     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12005     Document Type: Article

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