Floodplain Regulation and the Perceptions of the Real Estate Sector in Brantford and Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Geoforum

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-525

  Shrubsole, Dan ^a   Scherer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN REGULATION; GRAND RIVER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY; PERCEPTION; PROPERTY MARKET;

CANADA, ONTARIO, BRANTFORD; CANADA, ONTARIO, CAMBRIDGE;

EID: 0030419917     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(96)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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