Technology and Cities: What Type of Development Is Appropriate for Cities of the South?

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 25-43

  Bolay, Jean Claude ^a   Kern, Abigaïl ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INNOVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84859090694     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2011.615563     Document Type: Article

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