Polycentricity: An issue in local development strategies? Findings from the baltic sea region

European Planning Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 727-751

  Groth, Niels Boje ^a   Smidt Jensen, Søren ^a   Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Sick ^a  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EUROPEAN UNION; LOCAL ECONOMY; MANUFACTURING; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 79956309057     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.561034     Document Type: Article

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