The effect of urban quality improvements on economic activity

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Whitehead, Tim ^a   Simmonds, David ^b   Preston, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b David Simmonds Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Land use transport interaction models; Pedestrianization; Town centre regeneration; Urban quality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAND USE PLANNING; PEDESTRIANIZATION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; PEDESTRIAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646517250     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.01.029     Document Type: Article

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