Living In In-Between Spaces: A Structure-Agency Analysis Of The India-China And India-Bangladesh Borderlands

Cities

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-29

  Banerjee, Pallavi ^a   Chen, Xiangming ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Borderlands as in between spaces; India Bangladesh; India China; Relative urbanity; Structure agency analysis

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; BOUNDARY DISPUTE; COLONIZATION; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; URBAN AREA;

BANGLADESH; CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84881110540     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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