Territory, cluster and competitiveness of the intensive horticulture in Almería (Spain)

Open Geography Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 103-114

  Aznar Sánchez, José A ^a   Galdeano Gómez, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroindustrial cluster; Almer a; Competitiveness; Intensive horticulture; Territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951849120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18749232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874923201104010103     Document Type: Article

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