Design spaces: Agglomeration and creativity in British design agencies

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-172

  Reimer, Suzanne ^a   Pinch, Steven ^a   Sunley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clusters; Creative industries; Design; Networking; Projects; Regional economies

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DESIGN; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN RENEWAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949260129     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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