Urban spatial restructuring, event-led development and scalar politics

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2961-2978

  Shin, Hyun Bang ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

central and local states; China; Guangzhou; mega events; scalar politics

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL BOUNDARY; PROPERTY MARKET; REDEVELOPMENT; SPORT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84908592609     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013515031     Document Type: Article

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