Globalization and urban change: Tales from vancouver via hong kong

Urban Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 360-385

  Olds, Kris ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; MIGRATION; URBAN AREA;

CANADA;

EID: 0031726259     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.19.4.360     Document Type: Article

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