Re-viewing informality: Perspectives from urban Asia

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-347

  Bunnell, Tim ^a   Harris, Andrew ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMAL SECTOR; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ASIA;

EID: 84866654923     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2012.21     Document Type: Review

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