The making of knowledge cities: Melbourne's knowledge-based urban development experience

Cities

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   O'Connor, Kevin ^b   Westerman, Cara ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

knowledge city; knowledge based urban development; Melbourne; Victoria

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 42749097098     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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