Regions, city-regions, identity and institution building: Contemporary experiences of the scalar turn in Italy and England

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-246

  Deas, Iain ^a   Giordano, Benito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONALISM; URBAN POLITICS;

ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042244376     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9906.t01-1-00007     Document Type: Article

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