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Smart Growth and Urban Economic Development: Connecting Economic Development and Land-Use Planning Using the Example of High-Tech Firms
By Wlodarczak, D.
Full Citation
Wlodarczak, D. (2012). Smart growth and urban economic development: connecting economic development and land-use planning using the example of high-tech firms. Environment and Planning A, 44(5), 1255-1269.
Key Findings
The paper documents the important factors needed to attract high-tech firms, and connections with aspects of smart growth. The paper concludes that economic development and forms of sustainable urban development such as smart growth have positive connections and mutually beneficial results when coordinated.