Guidance for determining the best disposition of large tracts of decommissioned land

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-268

  Carletta, Mary Anne ^a   Lowrie, Karen ^b   Miller, K Tyler ^b   Greenberg, Michael ^b   Burger, Joanna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECOMMISSIONING; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING;

EID: 2442527772     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0964056042000209085     Document Type: Article

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