The housing and neighbourhood impacts of knowledge-based economic development following industrial closure

Policy Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-304

  Burfitt, Alex ^a   Ferrari, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive manufacturing; Housing markets; Industrial closure; Knowledge economy; Neighbourhood; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949120078     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870802159954     Document Type: Article

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