Europe and an inter-dependent world: Uneven geo-economic and geo-political developments

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Smith, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe and the wider world; geo economic interdependency; geo political interdependency; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84872006628     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776412463309     Document Type: Article

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