Towards a 'Consensual' Urban Politics? Creative Planning, Urban Sustainability and Regional Development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-503

  Krueger, Rob ^a   Buckingham, Susan ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creative planning; Local and regional economic development; Massachusetts; Urban regeneration; Urban sustainability; USA

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860468747     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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