Long-distance water infrastructure, rural development and urban growth: Evidence from China
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Water resource; Water transfer; Infrastructure; Rural development; Urban growth; Structural transformation; Adaptation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
- R1 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics
- H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
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