Planning a Future for Phnom Penh: Mega Projects, Aid Dependence and Disjointed Governance

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2889-2912

  Paling, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID DEPENDENCY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEGACITY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CAMBODIA; PHNOM PENH;

EID: 84866177825     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012452457     Document Type: Article

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