Knowledge polycentricity and the evolving Yangtze River Delta megalopolis

Regional Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1035-1047

  Li, Yingcheng ^a   Phelps, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

knowledge collaboration; megalopolis; polycentricity; urban networks; Yangtze River Delta Region

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84996522068     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1240868     Document Type: Article

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