Into the black hole: Do local governments implement their spatial policies?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 818-827

  Waldner, Leora S ^a  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airports; Atlanta; Comprehensive plans; Evaluation; Floodplains; Implementation; Land use; Local government; Ordinances; Soil

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 60749114434     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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