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Book Review: Datta, A. and Shaban, A., editors. 2017: Mega-Urbanization in the Global South: Fast Cities and New Urban Utopias of the Postcolonial State

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Datta, A. and Shaban, A., editors. 2017: Mega-Urbanization in the Global South: Fast Cities and New Urban Utopias of the Postcolonial State . New York, NY: Routledge. Series: Routledge studies in urbanism and the city. xii + 224 pp. £ 92. ISBN: 9780415745512 (hardback).

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  • Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar, 2019. "Book Review: Datta, A. and Shaban, A., editors. 2017: Mega-Urbanization in the Global South: Fast Cities and New Urban Utopias of the Postcolonial State," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 19(1), pages 86-89, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:19:y:2019:i:1:p:86-89
    DOI: 10.1177/1464993418800095
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