Speculative Urbanism and the Making of the Next World City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 555-581

  Goldman, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangalore; Development; Real estate speculation; World cities

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 79954531804     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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