A data base on Chinese urbanization: ChinaCities

In China, the measurement of the cities’ population is confusing. Indeed, the administrative boundaries do not delineate a “strictly urban” unit, but include a territory composed both of urban and rural territories which are under the jurisdiction of a main city. This article describes the construct...

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Main Author: Elfie Swerts
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Language:deu
Published: Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 2017-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/28554
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description In China, the measurement of the cities’ population is confusing. Indeed, the administrative boundaries do not delineate a “strictly urban” unit, but include a territory composed both of urban and rural territories which are under the jurisdiction of a main city. This article describes the construction method and the content of a new harmonized database of the Chinese cities’ population, the ChinaCities database.
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