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Living it up

Super-rich enclave and transnational elite urbanism in Singapore

Bibliographic Data

ID8945330
AuthorsChoon-Piew Pow, Choon‐piew Pow (National University of Singapore, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume42
Issue3
Pages382-393
Publication date2011-03-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeoforum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7185 • E-ISSN: 1872-9398
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.01.009
OpenAlexW2017092032
LanguageEN
Citations received72
References cited43

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