City regions polycentricity and the construction of peripheralities through governance

Urban Research and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-250

  Herrschel, Tassilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City regions; Marginalization; Network; Peripherality; Polycentric

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011454500     PISSN: 17535069     EISSN: 17535077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17535060903319103     Document Type: Article

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