Stretching the concept of ‘borrowed size’

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 269-291

  Meijers, Evert J ^a   Burger, Martijn J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agglomeration economies; agglomeration spillovers; network externalities; territorial development; urban system

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 85006513349     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015597642     Document Type: Article

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