Driving force of urban growth and regional planning: A case study of China's Guangdong Province

Habitat International

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-41

  Lu, Chen ^a   Wu, Yuzhe ^b   Shen, Qiping ^c   Wang, Hao ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic agglomeration; Population growth; Regional planning; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC REFORM; LIVING STANDARD; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84875268142     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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