Economic transformation of mining cities in transition economies: Lessons from Daqing, Northeast China

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-328

  Li, He ^a   Lo, Kevin ^b   Wang, Mark ^c  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Challenges; Daqing; Economic transformation; Mining cities; Northeast China; Strategies; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; MARKET TRANSITION; MINING INDUSTRY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA; DAQING; HEILONGJIANG;

EID: 84947262850     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2015.19     Document Type: Article

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