Small towns as 'sub-poles' in English rural development: Investigating rural-urban linkages using sub-regional social accounting matrices

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1219-1232

  Courtney, Paul ^a   Mayfield, Lucy ^b   Tranter, Richard ^b   Jones, Philip ^b   Errington, Andrew ^c  

^a University of Gloucestershire ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English rural development; Growth poles; Small towns; Social accounting matrices

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALL TOWN; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 34948856966     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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