Green infrastructure: Reconciling urban green space and regional economic development: Lessons learnt from experience in England's north-west region

Local Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 963-975

  Horwood, Karen ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic development; green infrastructure; interpretive policy analysis; regions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE; POLICY MAKING; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859049458     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2011.607157     Document Type: Article

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