The role of public libraries in cultureled urban regeneration

New Library World

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 7-19

  SkotHansen, Dorte ^a   Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Casper ^a   Jochumsen, Henrik ^a  

^a ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community vitalization; Culture led urban regeneration; Europe; Icon; North America; Placemaker; Public libraries; Urban areas; Urban development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872351068     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074801311291929     Document Type: Article

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