Rethinking urban capacity: Identifying and appraising vacant buildings

Building Research and Information

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-292

  Myers, Danny ^a   Wyatt, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brownfield sites; Building stock; Planning policy; Property management; Property taxation; Regeneration; Reuse; Sustainable development; UK; Urban fabric; Vacant buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; REUSABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAXATION;

BROWNFIELD SITES; BUILDING STOCKS; PLANNING POLICY; PROPERTY MANAGEMENT; PROPERTY TAXATION; REGENERATION; UK; URBAN FABRIC; VACANT BUILDINGS;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 4043144353     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961321042000221061     Document Type: Article

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