Philadelphia's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative: A case study of mayoral leadership, bold planning, and conflict

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 529-570

  McGovern, Stephen J ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development and revitalization; Land use; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845896791     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2006.9521581     Document Type: Article

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