Transitory sites: Mapping Dubai's 'forgotten' urban spaces

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 968-988

  Elsheshtawy, Yasser ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dubai; Global cities; Informal urbanism; Middle Eastern urbanism; Migrant laborers; Public spaces; Transnational urbanism; Urban mapping

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBANIZATION; WORLD CITY;

ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 58049201699     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00819.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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