Comparison analysis and evaluation of urban competitiveness in Chinese urban clusters

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4425-4447

  Guo, Haixiang ^a,b   Liu, Xiao ^a   Li, Yijing ^a   Wang, Deyun ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

TOPSIS; Urban cluster; Urban competitiveness

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

BOHAI RIM; CHINA;

EID: 84929012403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7044425     Document Type: Article

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