Insuring Redevelopment at Contaminated Urban Properties

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-98

  Wernstedt, Kris ^a   Meyer, Peter B ^b   Yount, Kristen R ^c  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brownfield; contamination; environmental insurance; liability; remediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444445799     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X03256443     Document Type: Article

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