Journal article
Central Asian ‘characteristics’ on China’s new Silk Road: The role of landscape and the politics of infrastructure
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China’s $1 trillion One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure project has significant landscape, socio-economic, and political implications in recipient countries. To date, investigation has focused on Chinese motivation and plans rather than OBOR impact in host nations. This paper examines the programme from the perspective of two Central Asian states—Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan—that are at the heart of OBOR. We identify geographical factors that constrain infrastructure, recognise geopolitical...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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John Fell Fund
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- Publisher:
- MDPI Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Land Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 55
- Publication date:
- 2017-08-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-18
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2073-445X
- ISSN:
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2073-445X
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- pubs:724406
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- Deposit date:
- 2017-08-29
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- McConnell et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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