Sonic city: The evolving economic geography of the music industry

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-321

  Florida, Richard ^a   Jackson, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Economic geography; Music; Nashville; Scenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649263754     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X09354453     Document Type: Article

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