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A Half-Century of the World City: Asian and African Cities

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Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st Century

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Newman, K., Tettey, C. (2004). A Half-Century of the World City: Asian and African Cities. In: Dutt, A.K., Noble, A.G., Venugopal, G., Subbiah, S. (eds) Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st Century. The GeoJournal Library, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2531-9_2

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