'Good' and 'real' places: A geographical-moral critique of territorial place-making

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-105

  Pow, Choon Piew ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gated communities; Geographical moral theory; Instrumental intrinsic judgement; Neoliberalism; Place making; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GATED COMMUNITY; NEOLIBERALISM; TERRITORIALITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

LACUNA;

EID: 67649124123     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2009.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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