Economic performance of industrial development on collective land in the urbanization process in China: Empirical evidence from Shenzhen

Habitat International

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-193

  Choy, Lennon H T ^a   Lai, Yani ^a   Lok, Waiming ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Shenzhen ZYME Industry Company Limited   (China)

Author keywords

China; Industrial development; Land development; Property rights; Urban development; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84878898781     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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