A new rubric for 'creative city' potential in Canada's smaller cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-54

  Lewis, Nathaniel M ^a   Donald, Betsy ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

CANADA; KINGSTON [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 72449141031     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009346867     Document Type: Article

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