Securing the Majority: Living through Uncertainty in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-335

  Simone, Abdoumaliq ^a   Rao, Vyjayanthi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic practices; Global South; Indonesia; Thailand; Urban change

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HETEROGENEITY; RESEARCH WORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECONOMY;

INDONESIA; JAKARTA;

EID: 84857407979     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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