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State-Sponsored and Spontaneous Urbanization in the Pearl River Delta of South China, 1980-1998

Jianfa Shen The Chinese University of Hong Kong
,
Kwan-yiu Wong The Chinese University of Hong Kong
&
Zhiqiang Feng The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pages 674-694 | Published online: 16 May 2013

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