New Urbanism/Smart Growth in the Scottish Highlands: Mobile Policies and Post-politics in Local Development Planning

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2196-2221

  MacLeod, Gordon ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; LANDOWNER; LOCAL PLANNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RENTAL SECTOR; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; UPLAND REGION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880683848     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013491164     Document Type: Article

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