'Policies in motion', urban management and state restructuring: The trans-local expansion of business improvement districts

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-75

  Ward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646130632     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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