Globalization and the urban property boom in Metro Cebu, Philippines

Development and Change

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 713-742

  Sajor, Edsel E ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; PROPERTY MARKET; URBAN ECONOMY;

CEBU; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0141640813     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00325     Document Type: Article

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