Networks of Urbanization in Two Indian Cities

Environment and Urbanization Asia

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-319

  Van Dijk, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cultural holes; inequalities; Mumbai Metropolitan Region; Networks of urbanization; structural holes; urban development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996254626     PISSN: 09754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097542531100200211     Document Type: Article

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