King abdullah economic city: Engineering Saudi Arabia's post-oil future

Cities

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-80

  Moser, Sarah ^a   Swain, Marian ^b   Alkhabbaz, Mohammed H ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Independent scholar ^*  (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic diversification; Entrepreneurial urbanism; Master planned city; New cities; Post oil economy; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY MARKET; ENTREPRENEUR; OIL PRODUCTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84926223737     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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