The bounds of smart decline: A foundational theory for planning shrinking cities

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-367

  Hollander, Justin B ^a   Németh, Jeremy ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned property; Land use zoning; Vacant land

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055073009     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2011.585164     Document Type: Article

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