Urban land expansion and structural change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 10281-10307

  Gao, Jinlong ^a,d   Wei, Yehua Dennis ^b,c   Chen, Wen ^a   Yenneti, Komali ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic transition; Urban land expansion; Urbanization; Yangtze River Delta (YRD)

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84940534165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70810281     Document Type: Article

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