The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-218

  Brakman, Steven ^a   Garretsen, Harry ^b   Schramm, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

German city growth; World War II shock

Indexed keywords

URBAN GROWTH; URBAN HISTORY; WAR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1842631048     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/4.2.201     Document Type: Article

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