City adoption of environmentally sustainable policies in California's Central Valley

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-308

  Lubell, Mark ^a   Feiock, Richard ^b   Handy, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Green cities; Growth machines; Growth management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENSPACE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549108984     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360902952295     Document Type: Article

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