Land conversion and urban settlement intentions of the rural population in China: A case study of suburban Nanjing

Habitat International

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-158

  Tang, Shuangshuang ^a   Hao, Pu ^b   Huang, Xianjin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hukou; Land conversion; Nanjing; Rural migrants; Settlement intentions

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBANIZATION;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 84946430605     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.10.023     Document Type: Article

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