The allure of ‘smart city’ rhetoric: India and Africa

Dialogues in Human Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-39

  Watson, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African cities; fantasy cities; smart cities; urban inequalities

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; INDIA;

EID: 84975094371     PISSN: 20438206     EISSN: 20438214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2043820614565868     Document Type: Article

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