Cultural clusters: The implications of cultural assets agglomeration for neighborhood revitalization

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-279

  Stern, Mark J ^a   Seifert, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arts agglomeration; Arts and culture; Community development; Creative economy; Cultural asset; Cultural cluster; Cultural district; Neighborhood revitalization; Urban economic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649247159     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X09358555     Document Type: Article

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