The spatial targeting of urban policy initiatives: A geodemographic assessment tool

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2774-2793

  Batey, Peter ^a   Brown, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 38149134356     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a38519     Document Type: Article

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