Emerging planning challenges in retail: The case of wal-mart

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-449

  Boarnet, Marlon G ^a   Crane, Randall ^b   Chatman, Daniel G ^c   Manville, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATORY APPROACH; RETAILING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144530547     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360508976714     Document Type: Article

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