The spatial mobility of the 'creative class': A European perspective

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 854-870

  Martin Brelot, Helene ^a   Grossetti, Michel ^b   Eckert, Denis ^c   Gritsai, Olga ^d   Kovács, Zoltán ^e  

^a école des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; DECISION MAKING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN SOCIETY;

EUROPE;

EID: 78649876166     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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