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‘The World City Concept Travels East’: On Excessive Imagination and Limited Urban Sustainability in UAE World Cities

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This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world.

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  • David Bassens, 2011. "‘The World City Concept Travels East’: On Excessive Imagination and Limited Urban Sustainability in UAE World Cities," Chapters, in: Ben Derudder & Michael Hoyler & Peter J. Taylor & Frank Witlox (ed.), International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities, chapter 49, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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