Speculation and Resistance: Constraints on Compact City Policy Implementation in Melbourne

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-362

  Woodcock, Ian ^a   Dovey, Kim ^a   Wollan, Simon ^b   Robertson, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Activity Centres ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Compact cities; planning; resident opposition; speculation; urban intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858789351     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2011.581335     Document Type: Article

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