Getting creative with the 'creative city'? Towards new perspectives on creativity in urban policy

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1799-1815

  Borén, Thomas ^a   Young, Craig ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'creative city'; Creativity; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84882655380     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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