Re-viewing the Entrapment controversy: Megaprojection, (mis)representation and postcolonial performance

GeoJournal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-305

  Bunnell, Tim ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Kuala lumpur; Landscape; Malaysia; Megaprojection; Performance; Postcolonial

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOWERS;

ENTRAPMENT; PETRONAS TOWER;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; LANDSCAPE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POST-COLONIALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 3442900562     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEJO.0000026703.44576.6f     Document Type: Review

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