The public value of vacant urban land

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Kamvasinou, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Town and city planning; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL SPACES; MANAGEMENT ISSUES; OPEN SPACE; PLANNING POLICIES; POST-DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SPACE; PUBLIC VALUES; SOCIAL VALUES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN REGENERATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

PLANNING;

OPEN SPACE; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 80052297552     PISSN: 09650903     EISSN: 17517699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/muen.9.00020     Document Type: Article

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