China's megaregion policy: Performance evaluation framework, empirical findings and implications for spatial polycentric governance

Land Use Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-19

  Su, Shiliang ^a,b   Liu, Zebin ^a   Xu, Yifan ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Pi, Jianhua ^a   Weng, Min ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Geomatics Center   (China)

Author keywords

China; Mega urbanization; Megaregion policy; Performance evaluation; Polycentric governance; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEGACITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; HANGZHOU BAY; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 85010192968     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.01.014     Document Type: Article

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