Which indicators explain metropolitan economic performance best?: Traditional or creative class

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-195

  Donegan, Mary ^a   Drucker, Joshua ^a   Goldstein, Harvey ^a   Lowe, Nichola ^a   Malizia, Emil ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative class; Economic development; Human capital; Regional competitiveness

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN CAPITAL; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549084126     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360801944948     Document Type: Article

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