Do Chinese cities break the global mold?

Cities

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-161

  Savitch, Hank V ^a   Gross, Jill Simone ^b   Ye, Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84899603010     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.03.009     Document Type: Editorial

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