Introduction
How (Can) Cities Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6188469 |
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| Authors | Theodora Tsimpouki (0000-0003-0112-8252, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.11337 |
| OpenAlex | W2340641491 |
| Language | EN |
What is a City?” So begins the collection of essays in the recently published Cambridge companion to The City in Literature (2015). “Why Cities” is the opening line of another recent publication edited by Robert Inman, and entitled Making Cities Work (2009). While the first question concerns the origins of social and political life, the second views cities as the main source of global economic growth and productivity. To these overriding questions pertaining to the urban enigma, I would lik
Economic growth · Economics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Productivity · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · History · Law · Urban Planning and Governance
| Highly cited | No |
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