Greening the rust belt: A green infrastructure model for right sizing America's shrinking cities

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-466

  Schilling, Joseph ^a   Logan, Jonathan ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rochester Regional Community Design Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Land banking; Right sizing; Shrinking cities; Vacant properties

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MODELING; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 65449119993     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360802354956     Document Type: Article

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