Note on urbanization in China: Urban definitions and census data

China Economic Review

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 495-502

  Qin, Bo ^a   Zhang, Yu ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

J10; O21; P25; R23; The Sixth Census; Urban definitions; Urban population statistics; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908311873     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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