World City Formation, geopolitics and local political process: Taipei's ambiguous development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 384-400

  Wang, Jenn Hwan ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; GEOPOLITICS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 2942644231     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0309-1317.2004.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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