New regions and regionalization through clusters: City-regions and new problems for the periphery

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-271

  Danson, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Economic growth; European Union; Regional development; Urban regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349139323     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550910949235     Document Type: Article

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