Toward a Resource-Based View of City Quality: A New Framework

Growth and Change

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 266-285

  Carvalho, João M S ^a   Costa, Ricardo V ^a   Marnoto, Sandra ^a   Sousa, Célio A A ^a   Vieira, José Carvalho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMART CITY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 85048706549     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12237     Document Type: Article

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