Managing a third division city: Negative parochialism as a restraint on urban success

Journal of Place Management and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-213

  Hallsworth, Alan ^a   Evans, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Newcastle under Lyme School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; United Kingdom; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993000193     PISSN: 17538335     EISSN: 17538343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538330810890013     Document Type: Article

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