Polycentric regions: Comparing complementarity and institutional governance in the San Francisco bay area, the Randstad and Emilia-Romagna

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 945-965

  Cowell, Margaret ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; URBAN ECONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; RANDSTAD; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EMILIA;

EID: 77950688443     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009353074     Document Type: Article

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