An approach to metropolitan governance and finance

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 729-755

  Bird, Richard M ^a   Slack, Enid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; FISCAL REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; METROPOLITAN AREA;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 35448999254     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0623     Document Type: Article

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