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Understanding city-regionalism in China: regional cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta

Yi LiSchool of Public Administration, National Research Centre for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing, China.Correspondence[email protected]
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Fulong Wu[email protected] School of Planning, University College London, London, UK.View further author information
Pages 313-324 | Received 15 Apr 2015, Published online: 25 Apr 2017

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