City-regions reconsidered

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 554-580

  Scott, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

City regions; cognitive cultural capitalism; globalization; theory of urbanization; urban governance

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85061913753     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X19831591     Document Type: Article

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