Industrial capitalisation and spatial transformation in Chinese cities: Strategic repositioning, state-owned enterprise capitalisation, and the reproduction of urban space in Beijing

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2799-2821

  Hu, Fox ZY ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beijing; capitalisation; globalisation; neoliberalisation; privatisation; SOEs; urban transformation

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEOLIBERALISM; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84945157271     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015590989     Document Type: Article

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