Constructing the 'Genuine American City': Neo-traditionalism, New Urbanism and neo-liberalism in the remaking of downtown Milwaukee

Cultural Geographies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-98

  Kenny, Judith T ^a   Zimmerman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; NEOLIBERALISM; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN RENEWAL;

MILWAUKEE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ARENA;

EID: 0347765661     PISSN: 14744740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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