Rural development led by autonomous village land cooperatives: Its impact on sustainable China’s urbanisation in high-density regions

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1395-1413

  Zhu, Jieming ^a,b   Guo, Yan ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

built environment; China; high density regions; institution; land cooperatives; sustainable urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SHARECROPPING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; VILLAGE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CHINA; FOSHAN; GUANGDONG; NANHAI;

CHLOROCRAMBE HASTATA;

EID: 84929094072     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014534736     Document Type: Article

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