Rightsizing as spatial austerity in the American rust belt

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 766-782

  Hackworth, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Austerity urbanism; Neoliberalism; Rightsizing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; NEOLIBERALISM; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

DETROIT; FLINT; MICHIGAN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; OHIO; ROCHESTER; UNITED STATES; YOUNGSTOWN;

EID: 84929000351     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a140327p     Document Type: Article

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