City-region integration policies and their incongruous outcomes: The case of Shantou-Chaozhou-Jieyang city-region in east Guangdong Province, China

Habitat International

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 214-222

  Li, Yi ^a   Wu, Fulong ^b   Hay, Iain ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; City region; Inter city co operation; Inter city competition; Regional integration; State rescaling

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY;

CHAOZHOU; CHINA; GUANGDONG; JIEYANG; SHANTOU;

EID: 84921056451     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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