Living it up: Super-rich enclave and transnational elite urbanism in Singapore

Geoforum

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-393

  Pow, Choon Piew ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elite urbanism; Gated communities; Global elites; Singapore; Super rich enclaves; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ENCLAVE; GATED COMMUNITY; NATIONALISM; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 79958188207     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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