Sunburnt cities: The Great Recession, depopulation and urban planning in the American Sunbelt

Sunburnt Cities: The Great Recession, Depopulation and Urban Planning in the American Sunbelt

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-165

  Hollander, Justin B ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203834381     Document Type: Book

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