Adding new narratives to the urban imagination: An introduction to ‘New directions of urban studies in China’

Urban Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 459-472

  Wu, Fulong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese development; environmental sustainability; housing; migration; politics; urban China

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MIGRATORY POPULATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85078812513     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098019898137     Document Type: Article

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