From the 'new localism' to the 'new regionalism'? The implications of regional development agencies for city-regional relations

Political Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-292

  Deas, Iain ^a   Ward, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City; Manchester; North West England; Regeneration policy; Region

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGENERATION; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; URBAN POLICY; URBAN RENEWAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034099170     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(99)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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