Regional network for quality promotion: A case-study of the Basque country

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-451

  Barrutia, José M ^a   Echebarria, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLICY STRATEGY; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONAL POLICY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33947659478     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310601017158     Document Type: Article

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