Densification without growth management? Evidence from local land development and housing trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3975-3990

  Delmelle, Elizabeth C ^a   Zhou, Yuhong ^a   Thill, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charlotte; Densification; Land development trends; New urbanism; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904308845     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6063975     Document Type: Article

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