Cities as the industrial districts of housebuilding

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 894-917

  Buzzelli, Michael ^a   Harris, Richard ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; URBAN ECONOMY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33845303952     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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