Trans-urban networks of learning, mega events and policy tourism: The case of manchester's commonwealth and olympic games projects

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2519-2535

  Cook, Ian R ^a   Ward, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; OLYMPIC GAMES; POLICY APPROACH; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

ENGLAND; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; MANCHESTER [MANCHESTER (DST)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79961182195     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011411941     Document Type: Article

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