A note on methods for measuring industrial agglomeration

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-427

  O'Donoghue, Dan ^a   Gleave, Bill ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business services; Industrial agglomeration; Industrial clusters; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPECIALIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142667688     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03434002000213932     Document Type: Article

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