Assessing the relative merits of development charges and transferable development rights in an uncertain world

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 891-911

  Peter Clinch, J ^a   O'Neill, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949559004     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009352365     Document Type: Article

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