If not here, then perhaps not anywhere: Urban growth management as a tool for sustainability planning in British Columbia's capital regional district

Local Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-43

  Boyle, Michelle ^a   Gibson, Robert B ^b   Curran, Deborah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c West Coast Environ Law Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 1642417627     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354983042000176584     Document Type: Article

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