Evaluating urban regeneration: An assessment of the effectiveness of physical regeneration initiatives on run-down industrial sites in the Netherlands

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2151-2169

  Ploegmakers, Huub ^a   Beckers, Pascal ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

industrial sites; physical improvements; policy evaluation; propensity score matching; urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; POLICY MAKING; REGENERATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84938523640     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014542134     Document Type: Article

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