Confronting population decline in the Buffalo, New York, Region: A close reading of the Erie-Niagara framework for regional growth

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-267

  Hollander, Justin B ^a   Cahill, Bernard ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH;

BUFFALO; ERIE COUNTY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NIAGARA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863478992     PISSN: 07380895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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