Small cities? Towards a research agenda

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 683-699

  Bell, David ^a   Jayne, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 70350378161     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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