Relational cities: Doha, panama city, and dubai as 21st century entrepôts

Urban Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 612-633

  Sigler, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doha; Dubai; Entrep ts; Gateway cities; Global cities; Panama city; Relational cities

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL PLANNING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SYSTEM; WORLD CITY;

DOHA; DUBAI [DUBAI (ADS)]; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PANAMA CITY; QATAR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881134676     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2013.778572     Document Type: Article

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