The smart entrepreneurial city: Dholera and 100 other utopias in India

Smart Urbanism: Utopian Vision or False Dawn?

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 52-70

  Datta, Ayona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960245469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315730554     Document Type: Chapter

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