Business clusters in spatial planning Three Danish Case-studies. Hernng - - Nakskov Boje Groth, Niels; Smidt-Jensen, Søren

Publication date: 2005

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Citation for published version (APA): Boje Groth, N., & Smidt-Jensen, S. (2005). Business clusters in spatial planning: Three Danish Case-studies. Hernng - Randers - Nakskov. (pp. 1-80). Center for Skov, Landskab og Planlægning/Københavns Universitet.

Download date: 24. sep.. 2021 Working Papers Business Clusters in Spatial Planning No. 14-2005 Urban and Regional Planning Three Danish Case Studies

Niels Boje Groth and Søren Smidt-Jensen Title Business Clusters in Spatial Planning Three Danish Case-studies. Hernng - Randers - Nakskov

Authors Niels Boje Groth and Søren Smidt-Jensen

Publisher Danish Centre for Forest Landscape and Planning, KVL Hørsholm Kongevej 11 DK-2970 Hørsholm Tel. +45 3528 1500 E-mail [email protected]

Series-title and no. Forest & Landscape Working Papers no.14-2005 publiced at www.SL.kvl.dk. Also publiced in Danish: Erhvervsklynger i den fysiske planlægning. By- og Landsplanserien nr. 24-2005

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Citation Groth, N.B. and Smidt-Jensen, S. (2005): Business Clusters in Spatial Planning. Three Danish Case-studies. Hernng – Randers - Nakskov. Forest & Landscape Working Papers no.14-2005, Danish Centre for Forest Landscape and Planning, KVL, xxx pp.

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