The information requirements for an effective regional policy: A critique of the allsopp review

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-438

  McVittie, Eric ^a   Swales, J Kim ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION POLICY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247578097     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601176022     Document Type: Article

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