Business improvement districts in New York City's low-income and high-income neighborhoods

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-189

  Gross, Jill Simone ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Business improvement district; Commercial revitalization; Economic development; Incentives; Sustainability; Tax increment financing

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; URBAN RENEWAL;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144362910     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242404273783     Document Type: Article

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