The creative industries and urban economic growth in the UK

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 455-470

  Lee, Neil ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Creative class; Creative industries; Economic growth; Great Britain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894550146     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4472     Document Type: Article

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