Gender equity planning: Inserting women into local economic development

Journal of Planning Literature

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-146

  Blumenberg, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; LOCAL ECONOMY; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032414361     PISSN: 08854122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088541229801300201     Document Type: Article

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