Land values and the 1957 comprehensive amendment to the Chicago zoning ordinance

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1647-1661

  Zhou, Jian ^a   McMillen, Daniel P ^a   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY APPROACH; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; ZONING POLICY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149124480     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008091495     Document Type: Article

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