On the waterfront: Globalization and urbanization in singapore

Urban Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-436

  Chang, T C ^a   Huang, Shirlena ^a   Savage, Victor R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT; WORLD CITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11244260379     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.25.5.413     Document Type: Article

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