The new ruins of Ireland? Unfinished estates in the post-celtic tiger era

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1069-1080

  Kitchin, Rob ^a   O'Callaghan, Cian ^a   Gleeson, Justin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; NEOLIBERALISM; SYMBOLISM;

IRELAND;

EID: 84897524254     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12118     Document Type: Article

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