Managing Urban Growth: Can the Policy Tools Approach Improve Effectiveness?

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 102-113

  Blair, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 84992803928     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X0162004     Document Type: Article

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