The transformation of foreign investment-induced ‘exo(genous)-urbanisation’ amidst industrial restructuring in the Pearl River Delta, China

Urban Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 618-635

  Yang, Chun ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

global production networks; globalisation; industrial restructuring; local government; recoupling and decoupling; strategic coupling; urban transformation; urbanisation

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARADIGM SHIFT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; DONGGUAN; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 85072044795     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098019859266     Document Type: Article

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