The forgotten and the future: Reclaiming back alleys for a sustainable city

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2874-2896

  Wolch, Jennifer ^a   Newell, Josh ^b   Seymour, Mona ^c   Huang, Hilary Bradbury ^d   Reynolds, Kim ^e   Mapes, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650371596     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42259     Document Type: Article

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