The social sustainability of Singapore's regionalisation drive

Third World Planning Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-221

  Willis, Katie D ^a   Yeoh, Brenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPATRIATE WORKERS; REGIONALISATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANISATION;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031871404     PISSN: 01427849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/twpr.20.2.04447864j85ku872     Document Type: Article

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