The State of the Field of Urban China: A Critical Multidisciplinary Overview of the Literature

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Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-389

  ma, Laurence J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

history; literature review; social sciences; theory; transdisciplinarity; urban China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992777548     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X06070031     Document Type: Article

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