Abandoned housing: Exploring lessons from Baltimore

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 415-448

  Cohen, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Development revitalization; Housing; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040673753     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2001.9521413     Document Type: Article

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