The contested nature of vacant land in Philadelphia and approaches for resolving competing objectives for redevelopment

Cities

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-174

  Pearsall, Hamil ^a   Lucas, Susan ^a   Lenhardt, Julia ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi criteria evaluations; Multi objective land allocation; Philadelphia; Vacant land

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901848087     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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