Economic transition and speculative urbanisation in China: Gentrification versus dispossession

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 471-489

  Shin, Hyun Bang ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; dispossession; economic transition; gentrification; speculative urbanisation

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL LEGACY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENTRIFICATION; INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROPERTY MARKET; REDEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84949491338     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015597111     Document Type: Article

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