Reconsidering the controversial land use policy of "linking the decrease in rural construction land with the increase in urban construction land": A local government perspective

China Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-198

  Huang, Xianjin ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Yu, Ran ^a   Zhao, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Public Administration Hehai University   (China)

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EID: 84904979362     PISSN: 16802012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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