Spatial glocalization in Asia-Pacific hub port cities: A comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore

Urban Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-184

  Lee, Sung Woo ^a   Ducruet, César ^b  

^a Korea Maritime Institute   (South Korea)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Entropy; Glocalization; Hub port city; Interface

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PORT; PORT OPERATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 69449084717     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.30.2.162     Document Type: Article

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