Recovering from crisis: The case of Thailand's spatial fix

Economic Geography

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-370

  Glassman, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Spatial fix; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INVESTMENT; NATION STATE; RECOVERY PLAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 38549133381     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2007.tb00378.x     Document Type: Article

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