Crisis and resilience in a finance-led city: Effects of the global financial crisis in Leeds

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3164-3179

  Gonzalez, Sara ^a   Oosterlynck, Stijn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

economic development; global financial crisis; governance; neoliberal urbanism; urban growth models; urban leadership; variegated neoliberalisation

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESILIENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

ENGLAND; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84908539584     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013519142     Document Type: Article

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