The Suburb as a Space of Capital Accumulation: The Development of New Towns in Shanghai, China

Antipode

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 761-780

  Shen, Jie ^a   Wu, Fulong ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capital accumulation; Chinese cities; new towns; Shanghai; suburban governance; suburbanization

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 85000788511     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12302     Document Type: Article

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