Polycentric city-regions in the state-scalar politics of land development: The case of China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 168-175

  Huang, Xianjin ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Hay, Iain ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; City region; Land development; Multi scalar; Politics of scale

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; PERIPHERAL REGION; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLITICS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 84984917757     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.037     Document Type: Article

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