The Governance of a Shrinking City: Housing Renewal in the Liverpool Conurbation, UK

International Planning Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-301

  Cocks, Matthew ^a   Couch, Chris ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSING PROJECT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; LIVERPOOL [LIVERPOOL (DST)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864825105     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: 14699265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2012.696475     Document Type: Article

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