Portland's green building cluster: Economic trends and impacts

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-315

  Allen, Jennifer H ^a   Potiowsky, Thomas ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Competitiveness; Green building; Portland

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049126171     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242408325701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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