Clustering: Concentration of the knowledge- based economy in Sydney

Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities: Policies, Plans and Metrics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 195-212

  Hu, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 84881876900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857936042.00020     Document Type: Chapter

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