Limits of imagineering: A case study of Penang

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 545-563

  Teo, Peggy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SOCIETY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0142214617     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00466     Document Type: Article

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