Can real-estate developers be "green"?: Sprawl, environmental rhetoric, and land use planning in a New Jersey community

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-110

  Beuschel, Vanessa ^a   Rudel, Thomas K ^b  

^a RTP Environmental Associates Inc   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development exactions; Land use; Real estate developers; Regional planning; Sprawl

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENSPACE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74349083220     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920802013981     Document Type: Article

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