Entrepreneurial city and the restructuring of urban space in Shanghai Expo

Urban Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 666-686

  Chan, Roger C K ^a   Li, Lingyue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial city; Expo; Shanghai; urban space restructuring

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SPACE; RELOCATION; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SPACE USE; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; STATE ROLE; URBAN POLICY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84961207955     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2016.1139909     Document Type: Article

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