Moving Esfahan toward knowledge-based urban development: The role of knowledge workers' needs

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-33

  Farhangi, Marjaneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Esfahan; KBUD; Knowledge workers' needs; Knowledge based urban development; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875692338     PISSN: 20404468     EISSN: 20404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2013.052491     Document Type: Article

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