From Redistribution to Ownership: Toward an Alternative Urban Policy for America's Cities

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 787-820

  Imbroscio, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

equity; localism; ownership; redistribution; urban policy

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; OWNERSHIP; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885575131     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087413495362     Document Type: Article

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