From green belts to green infrastructure? The evolution of a new concept in the emerging soft governance of spatial strategies

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-222

  Thomas, Kevin ^a   Littlewood, Steve ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENBELT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 77954092170     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697451003740213     Document Type: Article

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