Employment effects of brownfield redevelopment: What do we know from the literature?

Journal of Planning Literature

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-107

  Howland, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownfields; Employment; Redevelopment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INVESTMENT; LAND MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; REDEVELOPMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548945761     PISSN: 08854122     EISSN: 15526593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885412207306616     Document Type: Review

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