Globalization and the megaregion: Investigating the evolution of the Pearl River Delta in a historical perspective

Megaregions: Globalization's New Urban Form?

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 175-199

  Zhang, Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84957371544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782547907     Document Type: Chapter

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