Rising knowledge cities: The role of urban knowledge precincts

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 8-20

  Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Velibeyoglu, Koray ^b   Martinez Fernandez, Cristina ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Knowledge management; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549099366     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810902902     Document Type: Review

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