The borders within: Mobility and enclosure in the Riau Islands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-271

  Ford, Michele ^a   Lyons, Lenore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borderlands; Enclosure; Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Growth Triangle (IMS GT); Mobility; Riau Islands; Sijori

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; RIAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33745799844     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2006.00312.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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