Fiscal and spatial characteristics of metropolitan government and planning in China: Understanding centralization trends in a decentralization context

Habitat International

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-84

  Yang, Jiawen ^a   Li, Guicai ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Metropolitan government; Metropolitan planning

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FISCAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

CHINA; HUNAN; YONGZHOU;

EID: 84881117591     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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