A city for the temporary? Political economy and urban planning in Darwin, Australia

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-310

  Carson, Dean ^a   Schmallegger, Doris ^b   Harwood, Sharon ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clientelism; Darwin; Resource peripheries; Temporariness; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959698321     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2010.509886     Document Type: Article

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