Measuring the decline of a Marshallian industrial district: The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1135-1154

  de Propris, Lisa ^a   Lazzeretti, Luciana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449412354     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802070894     Document Type: Article

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