The post-Communist growth machine: The case of Baku, Azerbaijan

Cities

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages S45-S53

  Valiyev, Anar ^a  

^a ADA UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Baku; Growth machine; Post Communist city

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-COMMUNISM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AZERBAIJAN; BAKU;

EID: 84952300079     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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