Urban broadband internet policies in Europe: A critical review

Urban Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2043-2059

  van Winden, Willem ^a   Woets, Paulus ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 5644290955     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098042000256378     Document Type: Article

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