Towards an urban quality framework: Determining critical measures for different geographical scales to attract and retain talent in cities

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 290-312

  Esmaeilpoorarabi, Niusha ^a   Yigitcanlar, Tan ^a   Guaralda, Mirko ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital systems; KBUD; Knowledge and innovation spaces; Knowledge industries; Knowledge workers; Knowledge based urban development; QoL; Quality of life; Quality of place; Urban quality measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983482960     PISSN: 20404468     EISSN: 20404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2016.078556     Document Type: Article

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