Who is in charge? Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008 and the governance of cultural planning

Town Planning Review

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-59

  O'Brien, Dave ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY STRATEGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79251557763     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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