CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China.
Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Urban & Regional Research Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 877 - 897 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2026
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