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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| 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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| spelling | doaj-art-e572864a72294f5eaf63bc884017eef12025-08-20T04:02:12ZdeuUnité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-citésCybergeo1278-33662017-09-0110.4000/cybergeo.28554A data base on Chinese urbanization: ChinaCitiesElfie SwertsIn 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.https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/28554citydatabasepopulation |
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| title | A data base on Chinese urbanization: ChinaCities |
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| title_short | A data base on Chinese urbanization: ChinaCities |
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| topic | city database population |
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