The Infrastructural Limits to Growth: Rethinking the Urban Growth Machine in Times of Fiscal Crisis

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-503

  Kirkpatrick, L Owen ^a   Smith, Michael Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fiscal crisis; Growth machines; Infrastructure; Neoliberalism; USA

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; URBAN GROWTH;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954503677     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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