Walled Cities and Urban Density in China
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- Rui Du & Junfu Zhang, 2019. "Walled cities and urban density in China," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(3), pages 1517-1539, June.
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Keywords
urban density; city wall; persistence; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
- N95 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Asia including Middle East
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2018-12-24 (China)
- NEP-GEO-2018-12-24 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-HIS-2018-12-24 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-TRA-2018-12-24 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2018-12-24 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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