“And an Island Never Cries”: Cultural and societal perspectives on the mega development of islands in the United Arab Emirates

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783642147784, 2011, Pages 59-75

  Ouis, Pernilla ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ABU DHABI; ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS; COASTAL AREA; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; MEGAPROJECTS; NUMBER AND SIZE; PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 84958717089     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14779-1_3     Document Type: Article

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