Shrinkage happens... in small towns too!: Responding to de-population and loss of place in Susquehanna River Towns

Urban Design International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-77

  Bowns, Caru ^a  

^a Community+Capacity Planning Consultants ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

capacity; collaboration; Pennsylvania; post industrial; small towns

Indexed keywords

DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; GLOBALIZATION; SUBURBANIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION;

PENNSYLVANIA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872868787     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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