China's urban environmental governance in transition: A tale of two cities

Urban China in the New Era: Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 103-124

  Li, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Cities; Environment; Governance; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930585800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54227-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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