The Transformation of Urban Vegetable Retail in China: Wet Markets, Supermarkets and Informal Markets in Shanghai

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-518

  Zhang, Qian Forrest ^a   Pan, Zi ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; food price; supermarkets; urban space; Vegetable retail; wet markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885020135     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2013.782224     Document Type: Article

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