Geographic determinants of China's urbanization

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-102

  Christensen, Peter ^a   McCord, Gordon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Geography; Satellite; Spatial econometrics; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECONOMETRICS; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN HISTORY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84973513684     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: 18792308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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