Increasing the capacity of community development corporations for brownfield redevelopment: An inside-out approach

Local Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-479

  Solitare, Laura ^a   Lowrie, Karen ^b  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brownfield redevelopment; community development corporations; environmental justice

Indexed keywords

BROWNFIELD SITE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REDEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84862113352     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.678312     Document Type: Article

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