The “Third Spring” of Urban Planning in China: The Resurrection of Professional Planning in the Post-Mao Era

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Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 553-585

  Leaf, Michael ^a   Hou, li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese urbanization; development; planning education; urban governance; urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992882735     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X06070043     Document Type: Article

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