Global grids of glass: On global cities, telecommunications and planetary urban networks

Urban Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 929-949

  Graham, Stephen ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELECOMMUNICATIONS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032876097     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098993286     Document Type: Article

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