Special assessments as a value capture strategy for public transit finance

Public Works Management and Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-340

  Zhao, Zhirong Jerry ^a   Larson, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

special assessments; transit oriented development; transportation finance; value capture

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053141430     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X11408923     Document Type: Review

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