Constructing a Centre on the Periphery: Urbanization and Urban Design in the Island City of Nuuk, Greenland

Both islands and cities are often conceptualized in terms of centre-periphery relationships. Scholarly attempts to nuance popular associations of islands with peripherality and cities with centrality reflect awareness of underlying power relationships. Drawing upon island studies and urban studies k...

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Published in:Island Studies Journal
Main Author: Adam Grydehøj
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Island Studies Journal 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.302
https://doaj.org/article/10e516536ac44e2caa3695e3b65bb8c8