Economically incentivising smart urban regeneration. Case study of port louis, mauritius

Smart Cities

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 53-74

  Allam, Zaheer ^a   Newman, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Economics; Fiscal measures; Port louis; Smart cities; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060449943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 26246511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/smartcities1010004     Document Type: Article

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