The privatisation of public space? The American experience of business improvement districts and their relationship to local governance

Local Government Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-334

  Steel, Mark ^a   Symes, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; LEGISLATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SPACE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444439071     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930500095152     Document Type: Article

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