The great wager: Crisis and mega-project reform in 21st-century Paris

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-170

  Enright, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

austerity; Grand Paris; mega project; urban crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894291993     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rst032     Document Type: Article

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