The BBC, the creative class, and neoliberal urbanism in the north of England

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2313-2329

  Christophers, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NEOLIBERALISM; REGIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65449158538     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4030     Document Type: Article

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