Why are smart cities growing? who moves and who stays

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-270

  Winters, John V ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; POPULATION GROWTH; STUDENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 79955017855     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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