Polycentric urban development in China: A multi-scale analysis

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 953-972

  Liu, Xingjian ^a,d   Derudder, Ben ^b   Wang, Mingshu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (China)

Author keywords

China; inter city; intra city; multi scale; Polycentricity

Indexed keywords

URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN REGION; URBAN SYSTEM;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 85014825170     PISSN: 23998083     EISSN: 23998091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2399808317690155     Document Type: Article

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