Smoke and mirrors: The influence of cultural inertia on social and economic development in a polycentric Urban region

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1037-1057

  Chapman, Tony ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMOKE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; VALLEY;

ENGLAND; TEESSIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953222923     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010375993     Document Type: Article

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