The limits to market-based strategies for addressing land abandonment in shrinking American cities

Progress in Planning

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-37

  Hackworth, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

American rust belt; Land abandonment; Land banks; Neoliberalism; Shrinking cities

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; LAND REFORM; MARKET CONDITIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; REDEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896034677     PISSN: 03059006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progress.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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