Enclave urbanism in China: Attitudes towards gated communities in Guangzhou

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-294

  Breitung, Werner ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Boundary; China; Differentiated governance; Enclave urbanism; Gated community

Indexed keywords

ENCLAVE; GATED COMMUNITY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 85007881918     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.2.278     Document Type: Article

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