The right to the city and critical reflections on china's property rights activism

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Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1167-1189

  Shin, Hyun Bang ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Local citizenship; Migration; Property rights activism; The right to the city; Urban development

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DEMOLITION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MIGRATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84885423539     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12010     Document Type: Article

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