Triangulating the borderless world: Geographies of power in the Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-498

  Sparke, Matthew ^a   Sidaway, James D ^b   Bunnell, Tim ^b   Grundy Warr, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Borders; Geo economics; Globalization; Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Growth Triangle; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; POWER RELATIONS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

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

EID: 11344272661     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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