The Economic Performance of European Cities and City Regions: Myths and Realities

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-354

  Dijkstra, Lewis ^a   Garcilazo, Enrique ^b   McCann, Philip ^c  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b OECD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; MEGACITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874582485     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.716245     Document Type: Article

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