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The “New Urban Europe”: Global Challenges and Local Responses in the Urban Century

Peter Nijkamp Department of Spatial Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Karima Kourtit Department of Spatial Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 291-315 | Received 01 Apr 2012, Accepted 01 Aug 2012, Published online: 25 Sep 2012

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