Engineering a global city: The case of Cyberjaya

Space and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-316

  Yusof, Norhafezah ^a   Van Loon, Joost ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyberjaya; gated communities; knowledge economy; non place; planned city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871821207     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331212453676     Document Type: Article

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