State rescaling and the making of city-regions in the Pearl River Delta, China

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-143

  Li, Zhigang ^a   Xu, Jiang ^b   Yeh, Anthony G O ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Interjurisdictional infrastructure; Pearl River Delta; State rescaling

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL POWER; STATE BUILDING; STATE ROLE; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; FOSHAN; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84893388500     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c11328     Document Type: Article

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