Understanding cities through city brands: City branding as a social and semantic network

Cities

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-56

  Sevin, H Efe ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City branding; Measurement; Place branding; Semantic network analysis; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMPETITIVENESS; DATA SET; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893460374     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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