Stories of space and subjectivity in planning the Multimedia Super Corridor

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 705-719

  Lepawsky, Josh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Information technology; Malaysia; Multimedia Super Corridor; Space and subjectivity; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 28244444561     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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