Bontje, Marco Arjan.
Inventive city-regions path dependence and creative knowledge strategies / [electronic resource] : Marco Bontje, Sako Musterd, Peter Pelzer. - Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011. - viii, 266 p. : ill., maps. - Urban and regional planning and development series . - Urban and regional planning and development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Research design and methodology -- Framing the cases: comparative facts and figures -- Amsterdam: social and political obstacles on the road towards a creative knowledge region -- Munich: the tricky luxury of long-lasting success -- Helsinki: beyond the Nokia revolution -- Barcelona: competitiveness vs. sustainability -- Manchester: phoenix from the ashes? -- Birmingham: overcoming modernism and the shadow of London -- Leipzig: a confusing mix of growth and shrinkage -- Conclusions; pathways, strengths and strategies.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Regional planning--Europe.
City planning--Europe.
Economic development--Europe.
Europe--Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
HT395.E8 / B66 2011eb
307.1/216094
Inventive city-regions path dependence and creative knowledge strategies / [electronic resource] : Marco Bontje, Sako Musterd, Peter Pelzer. - Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011. - viii, 266 p. : ill., maps. - Urban and regional planning and development series . - Urban and regional planning and development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Research design and methodology -- Framing the cases: comparative facts and figures -- Amsterdam: social and political obstacles on the road towards a creative knowledge region -- Munich: the tricky luxury of long-lasting success -- Helsinki: beyond the Nokia revolution -- Barcelona: competitiveness vs. sustainability -- Manchester: phoenix from the ashes? -- Birmingham: overcoming modernism and the shadow of London -- Leipzig: a confusing mix of growth and shrinkage -- Conclusions; pathways, strengths and strategies.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Regional planning--Europe.
City planning--Europe.
Economic development--Europe.
Europe--Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
HT395.E8 / B66 2011eb
307.1/216094