Going regional: Community-based regionalism, transportation, and local hiring agreements

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-367

  Swanstrom, Todd ^a   Banks, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b BAC Partners in Chicago

Author keywords

Community organizing; Federalism; Job training; Regionalism; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149087591     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X08324684     Document Type: Article

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