The politics of the possible: Making urban life in Phnom Penh

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-204

  Simone, AbdouMaliq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian urbanization; City development; Livelihood formation; Political practice; Spatial organization; Urban culture

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; BASSAC RIVER; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; PHNOM PENH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 45749090582     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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