Challenges faced by megacities in the future

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-88

  Assadian, Ali ^a   Nejati, Mostafa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Digital world; Strategic planning; Sustainable development; Urban challenges; Urban infrastructures

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL WORLD; FUTURE CHALLENGES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MEGACITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN CHALLENGES; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN POPULATION;

COMPETITION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 80054838620     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2011040106     Document Type: Article

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