From an emerging market to a multifaceted urban society: Urban China studies

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 827-846

  He, Shenjing ^a   Qian, Junxi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

market transition; micro scale investigations; rural urban migration; urban China studies; urban difference; urban theory; urbanisation; urbanism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; GLOBALIZATION; MICROECONOMICS; POVERTY; RANGE EXPANSION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85012031312     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098016675826     Document Type: Article

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