Urban regeneration and the creative knowledge economy: The case of 22@ in barcelona

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-327

  Pareja Eastaway, Montserrat ^a   Piqué, Josep Miquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Executive President of La Salle Technova Innovation Park in Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Creativity; Innovation; Knowledge; Strategic planning; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866636431     PISSN: 17529638     EISSN: 17529646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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