What attracts and retains knowledge workers/students: The quality of place or career opportunities? The cases of Montreal and Ottawa

Cities

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-233

  Darchen, Sebastien ^a   Tremblay, Diane Gabrielle ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attraction retention; Creative class; Economic development; Knowledge workers; Quality of place

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STUDENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; WORKPLACE;

CANADA; MONTREAL; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77953229925     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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