Pursuing sustainable communities: Looking back, looking forward

Urban Lawyer

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-529

  Dernbach, John C ^a,b,c   Bernstein, Scott ^d  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^d Center for Neighborhood Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347403534     PISSN: 00420905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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