Planning for growth? the implications of localism for 'Science Vale', Oxfordshire, UK

Town Planning Review

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-487

  Valler, David ^a   Phelps, Nicholas ^b   Wood, Andrew ^c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; LOCAL PLANNING; POLICY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ENGLAND; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863092594     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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