Between haven and heaven in cities: A comparison between Beijing (China) and Utrecht (the Netherlands)

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2469-2487

  Zhao, Ying ^a   Dijst, Martin ^b   Chai, Yanwei ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; companionship; home; the Netherlands; urban meeting place

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LIFESTYLE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84980002302     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015596106     Document Type: Article

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