The urban question as a scale question: Reflections on Henri Lefebvre, urban theory and the politics of scale

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 361-378

  Brenner, Neil ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 0034088237     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00234     Document Type: Article

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