Vancouver's "EcoDensity" Planning Initiative: A Struggle over Hegemony?

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2238-2255

  Rosol, Marit ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84880665654     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013478233     Document Type: Article

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