The minority-race planner in the quest for a just city

Planning Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-247

  Thomas, June Manning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Minority; Planning; Race; Social justice

Indexed keywords

MINORITY GROUP; PLANNING PROCESS; PLANNING THEORY; RACISM; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WORKER CASTE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 54249126426     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095208094822     Document Type: Article

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