Old Wine in a New Bottle: Understanding the Expansion of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 149, Issue 4
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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Acknowledgments
Fan Xiao and Yong Zhou are cofirst authors who contributed equally to this work and are listed in alphabetical order. The authors would like to thank Weilin Xu and Weipeng Deng for helpful comments on an earlier version of this article. The funding source for the corresponding author is the China Scholarship Council (202204910283).
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Volume 149 • Issue 4 • December 2023
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Received: Oct 25, 2022
Accepted: Jun 5, 2023
Published online: Sep 7, 2023
Published in print: Dec 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Feb 7, 2024
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