Global city frontiers: Singapore's hinterland and the contested socio-political geographies of Bintan, Indonesia

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-22

  Bunnell, Tim ^a   Muzaini, Hamzah ^b   Sidaway, James D ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; TOURISM ECONOMICS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BINTAN; EURASIA; INDONESIA; RIAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33646125207     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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