Seeing Red Over Green: Contesting Urban Sustainabilities in China

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2256-2274

  Pow, C P ^a   Neo, Harvey ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REFORM PROCESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; CHONGMING ISLAND; DONGTAN; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84880664869     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013478239     Document Type: Article

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