Port cities and hinterlands: A comparative study of Singapore and Calcutta

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 851-865

  Tan, Tai Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Calcutta; Cosmopolitanism; Economic space; Forelands; Hinterlands; Networks; Political change; Port cities; Singapore; Statehood

Indexed keywords

MULTICULTURALISM; POLITICAL CHANGE; PORT;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 34648831560     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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