The changing spatial form of cities in Western China

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-61

  Schneider, Annemarie ^a   Chang, Chaoyi ^a   Paulsen, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Fragmentation; Land use specialization; Polycentricity; Spatial restructuring; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EXPANSION; LAND USE;

CHINA; FRAGMENTATION; POLYCENTRICITY; RESIDENTIAL GROWTH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA; SPATIAL RESTRUCTURING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN-RURAL GRADIENTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

COASTAL ZONE; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84949115066     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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