Green infrastructure for China’s new urbanisation: A case study of greenway development in Maanshan

Urban Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 508-524

  Zhang, Fangzhu ^a   Chung, Calvin King Lam ^a   Yin, Zihan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

green infrastructure; greenways; new urbanisation; sustainability fix; urban China

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

ANHUI; CHINA; MAANSHAN;

EID: 85062695920     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098018822965     Document Type: Article

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