Spatial dynamics of city-size distribution

Urban Transformation in China

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 137-150

  Song, Shunfeng ^a   Zhang, Kevin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And urban system; City size distribution; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082259611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315235219-20     Document Type: Chapter

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