'New Worlds' for 'Old'? Twenty-First-Century Gateways and Corridors: Reflections on a European Spatial Perspective

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1154-1174

  Pain, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced producer services; Corridor; Gateway; Global mega city region; Hinterworld, Europe

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; MEGACITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE FLOW; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 80054921763     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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