Re-framing the urban blight problem with trans-disciplinary insights from ecological economics

Ecological Economics

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-176

  Weaver, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied ecological economics; Blight; Public policy; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC THEORY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876447130     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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