Understanding city-regionalism in China: regional cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta

Regional Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 313-324

  Li, Yi ^a   Wu, Fulong ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; city regionalism; context specific; political construct; territorial administrative divisions

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REGIONALISM; TERRITORIALITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 85018716033     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2017.1307953     Document Type: Article

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