Place promotion and symbolic characterization of New Songdo City, South Korea

Cities

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Kim, Chigon ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New Songdo City; Place promotion; Representations; Symbolic characterization; Urban development

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; GREENSPACE; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

KOREA;

EID: 74249093385     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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