Buzz, Archipelago Economies and the Future of Intermediate and Peripheral Areas in a Spiky World

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 355-372

  Rodríguez Pose, Andrés ^a   Fitjar, Rune Dahl ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INNOVATION; PERIPHERAL REGION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

NORWAY;

EID: 84874609715     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.716246     Document Type: Article

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