Grappling with governance: The emergence of business improvement districts in a national capital

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-217

  Lewis, Nathaniel M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BIDs; business improvement districts; D.C; neoliberalism; urban development; Washington

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FIRM OWNERSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 77958567447     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087410378844     Document Type: Article

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