Finding the global city: An analytical journey through the 'invisible college'

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2953-2973

  Acuto, Michele ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CHRONOLOGY; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; STUDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORLD CITY;

EID: 80052981505     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010392081     Document Type: Article

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