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Changing Spatial Elements in Chinese Socio-economic Five-year Plan: from Project Layout to Spatial Planning

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The chapter lays the theoretical and analytical foundations for this research. After the introduction about how cities and regions are currently understood both from the analytical perspective and policy agendas in spatial development, this chapter provides a review of the existing literature on spatial planning and governance at the urban and regional scale.

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Wang, L. (2019). Spatial Planning and Governance: Literature Review. In: Changing Spatial Elements in Chinese Socio-economic Five-year Plan: from Project Layout to Spatial Planning. Springer Geography. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1867-2_2

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