The neighbourhood in the creative economy: Policy, practice and place in Singapore

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 1187-1201

  Ho, K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; INNER CITY AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 65449188271     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009103860     Document Type: Article

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