The growing economic specialization of cities: Disentangling industrial and functional dimensions in the Canadian urban system, 1971-2006

Growth and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-473

  Brunelle, Cédric ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH;

CANADA;

EID: 84882999978     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12015     Document Type: Article

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