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From Image to Identity: Building Regions by Place Promotion

Kaj Zimmerbauer Department of Geography, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, FI-90014, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 243-260 | Received 01 Sep 2009, Accepted 01 Dec 2009, Published online: 13 Jan 2011

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