Partnerships in Urban Restructuring: Building Long-term Relationships or a Pragmatic Managerial Tool? The Dutch Experience

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1026-1047

  Kokx, Anita ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'new' managerialism; The Netherlands; Urban governance; Urban restructuring

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80051929311     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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