Cross-border urban governance in hong kong: The role of state in a globalizing city-region

Professional Geographer

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 530-543

  Shen, Jianfa ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross border city region; Hong Kong; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; STATE ROLE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 8644239303     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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