The Impact of Urban Sprawl on Social Segregation in Beijing and a Limited Role for Spatial Planning

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 571-587

  Zhao, Pengjun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Social segregation; Spatial planning; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887208784     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12030     Document Type: Article

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