The creative class in Utero? The Australian city, the creative economy and the role of higher education

Built Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-318

  Atkinson, Rowland ^a   Easthope, Hazel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53449102098     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.34.3.307     Document Type: Article

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