Evaluating city-to-city cooperation: a case study of the Penang and Yokohama experience

Habitat International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-376

  Tjandradewi, Bernadia Irawati ^a,b   Marcotullio, Peter J ^c,d   Kidokoro, Tetsuo ^b  

^a International Organizations Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

City to city cooperation; Exchange programmes; Road maintenance and solid waste management; Technical cooperation; Urban design

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; MALAYSIA; PENANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA; YOKOHAMA;

EID: 33745010725     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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