Quantifying urban fragmentation under economic transition in Shanghai city, China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  You, Heyuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Economic transition; Urban fragmentation; Urban sustainability; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FRAGMENTATION; GLOBALIZATION; MARKET TRANSITION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84956708301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8010021     Document Type: Article

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