Land use policy shocks in the post-communist urban fringe: A case study of Estonia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-83

  Roose, Antti ^a   Kull, Ain ^a   Gauk, Martin ^a   Tali, Taivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Estonia; Land use; Physical planning; Suburbanization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84859034587     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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