City Size and Economic Performance: Is Bigger Better, Small More Beautiful or Middling Marvellous?

European Planning Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1054-1068

  Parkinson, Michael ^a   Meegan, Richard ^a   Karecha, Jay ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84927695616     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2014.904998     Document Type: Article

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