Urban Development and Social Change in Qatar: The Qatar National Vision 2030 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Journal of Arabian Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-230

  Scharfenort, Nadine ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

development; FIFA World Cup; football; GCC states; Gulf; Qatar; Qatar National Vision 2030; social and cultural change; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060807868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21534780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21534764.2012.736204     Document Type: Article

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