Emerging Chinese Cities: Implications for Global Urban Studies

Professional Geographer

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 338-348

  Wu, Fulong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese cities; informality; neoliberalism; urban China

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84959250787     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2015.1099189     Document Type: Article

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