New urban territories in West Bengal: Transition, transformation and governance

Exploring Urban Change in South Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 421-441

  Samanta, Gopa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Complexity of governance; New urban territory; Transformation of landscapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069234450     PISSN: 23670045     EISSN: 23670053     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-3616-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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