Reproducing the city of the spectacle: Mega-events, local debts, and infrastructure-led urbanization in China

Cities

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-60

  Wu, Yifei ^a   Li, Xun ^b   Lin, George C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Guangzhou; Local debts; Mega events; Urbanism; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; DEBT; FINANCE; INFRASTRUCTURE; LAND USE; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84954516202     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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