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High-rise Dubai urban entrepreneurialism and the technology of symbolic power

Date

Authors

Acuto, Michele

Publisher

Pergamon Press

Abstract

Twenty-first century metropolises are often engaged in a rivalry for primacy in many different geographical scales. Dubai, a relatively new urban settlement, is not immune from such endeavor. The Emirate has undertaken an impressive urban revolution in a

Keywords

Keywords: centralization; entrepreneur; metropolitan area; social impact; twenty first century; urban development; world city; Dubai [Dubai (ADS)]; Dubai [United Arab Emirates]; United Arab Emirates Dubai; Global city; Icon; Skyscrapers; Symbolic power

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64163

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Cities: the international journal of urban policy and planning

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.cities.2010.01.003

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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