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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463005303321

Autore

Goddard J. B.

Titolo

The university and the city / / John Goddard and Paul Vallance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-06836-X

1-299-15626-6

1-135-08276-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Regions and cities ; ; 63

Altri autori (Persone)

VallancePaul

Disciplina

338.4/73780941

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Economic aspects - Great Britain

Education, Higher - Economic aspects - Great Britain

Urban economics

Community development, Urban - Great Britain

City planning - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Review : international dimensions -- pt. 2. Research : the UK context.

Sommario/riassunto

Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts - on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. The University and the City explores these impacts and in the process seeks to expose the extent to which universities are just in the city, or part of the city and actively contributing to its development.The precise expression of the emerging relationship between universities and cities