Assessing the effect of publicly assisted brownfield redevelopment on surrounding property values

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-110

  De Sousa, Christopher A ^a   Wu, Changshan ^a   Westphal, Lynne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownfield; Development; Hedonic modeling; Land use; Policy

Indexed keywords

BROWNFIELD SITE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; LAND USE PLANNING; REDEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

MILWAUKEE; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 64849105619     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242408328379     Document Type: Article

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