Unequal Regionalism: Regional Planning in China and England

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 570-586

  Chung, Him ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; England; regional governance; spatial planning

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTY POLITICS; PLANNING PRACTICE; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONALISM; SPATIAL PLANNING; STATE ROLE;

CHINA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84944876070     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2015.1076135     Document Type: Article

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