Using construction projects to create jobs and training opportunities: The City Challenge experience

Town Planning Review

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-134

  Hayton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY CHALLENGE; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; RENEWAL POLICY; URBAN RENEWAL;

UK, ENGLAND, TYNESIDE, NEWCASTLE;

EID: 0031823415     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.69.2.54907257716168p2     Document Type: Review

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