Cities, knowledge and universities: Transformations in the image of the intangible

Social Epistemology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 259-282

  May, Tim ^b,c,d   Perry, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SURF Orkney Street Enterprise Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Transatlantic Forum on the Future of Universities   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Diversification; Knowledge; Transformation; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749588465     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691720600847290     Document Type: Review

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