Wrestling sprawl to the ground: Defining and measuring an elusive concept

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 681-717

  Galster, George ^a   Hanson, Royce ^b   Ratcliffe, Michael R ^c   Wolman, Harold ^d   Coleman, Stephen ^b   Freihage, Jason ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c US Bureau of the Census   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use zoning; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039145528     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2001.9521426     Document Type: Article

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