The European Creative Class and Regional Development: How Relevant Is Florida's Theory for Europe?

GeoJournal Library

Volumn 98, Issue , 2009, Pages 99-120

  Hansen, Høgni Kalsø ^a   Asheim, Bjørn ^a   Vang, Jan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Creative Class; European Context; Human Capital; Regional Development; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103736498     PISSN: 09245499     EISSN: 22150072     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9949-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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