Devolving superfund to main street: Avenues for local community involvement

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 293-313

  Wernstedt, Kris ^a  

^a Quality of the Environment Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED LAND; DEVOLUTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUPERFUND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034898867     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360108976237     Document Type: Article

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