Sustainability and vulnerability: integrating equity into plans for central city redevelopment

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-222

  Mueller, Elizabeth J ^a   Dooling, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

gentrification; redevelopment; sustainability; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859398438     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2011.633346     Document Type: Article

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