The rise of the "city-region" concept and its development policy implications

European Planning Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1025-1046

  Rodriguez Pose, Andres ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 53249107643     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310802315567     Document Type: Article

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