Planning for Sustainability in Non-democratic Polities: The Case of Masdar City

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2809-2825

  Crot, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS; URBANIZATION;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; MASDAR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84883429466     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012474697     Document Type: Article

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