Losing focus: A comparative evaluation of spatially targeted economic revitalization programmes in the US and the EU

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-334

  Greenbaum, Robert T ^a   Bondonio, Daniele ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analysis of growth, development and changes; Public policy; Regional, urban and rural analyses; Size and spatial distributions of regional economic activity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142775008     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003434042000211042     Document Type: Article

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