Transnational urban policies: 'relocating' spanish and brazilian models of urban planning in buenos aires

Urban Research and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-137

  Crot, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Policy transfers; Public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960583821     PISSN: 17535069     EISSN: 17535077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2010.481217     Document Type: Article

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