Negotiating the farmland dilemmas: ‘barefoot planners’ in China’s urban periphery
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عنوان ژورنال: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0263-774X,1472-3425
DOI: 10.1068/c1302