Birmingham: Whose urban renaissance? Regeneration as a response to economic restructuring

Policy Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-292

  Barber, Austin ^a   Hall, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City centre redevelopment; Deindustrialisation; Social exclusion; Urban renaissance

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949086879     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870802159871     Document Type: Article

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