Managing decline in inner city retail centres: From case study to conceptualization

Local Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-17

  Whysall, Paul ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inner city; Nottingham; Regeneration; Retail blight; Retail decline

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959554852     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094210391170     Document Type: Review

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