Measuring the Creativity of a City: A Proposal and an Application

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1301-1318

  Çetindamar, Dilek ^a   Günsel, Ayşe ^b  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INNOVATION; LABOR DIVISION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; WORLD CITY;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CHINA; ENGLAND; HONG KONG; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; LONDON [ENGLAND]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; MOSCOW [MOSCOW (ADS)]; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHANGHAI; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; TORONTO; TURKEY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864008558     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.680583     Document Type: Article

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