Harnessing the economic potential of ‘second-tier’ European cities: Lessons from four different state/urban systems

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 163-183

  Evans, Richard ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Governance; Second tier cities; Territorial cohesion

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

BAVARIA; ENGLAND; FINLAND; GERMANY; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; LEEDS [LEEDS (DST)]; MUNICH; PIRKANMAA; ROMANIA; TAMPERE; TIMIS; TIMISOARA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922816122     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c12183r     Document Type: Article

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