Metropolis and mega urban region in Pacific Asia

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 457-468

  Forbes, Dean ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Cities; Megaurban; Postcolonial globalisation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBALISATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; METROPOLITAN GROWTH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

VIETNAM, HO CHI MINH CITY;

EID: 0031401620     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1997.tb01639.x     Document Type: Article

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