Urban fiscal austerity, infrastructure provision and the struggle for regional transit in 'Motor City'

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-206

  Hall, Stephen ^a   Jonas, Andrew E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detroit; fiscal crisis; growth coalition; regional transit; urban politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894346077     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rst031     Document Type: Article

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