Mumbai as a global city: A theoretical essay

International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 447-454

  Nijman, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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