Downtown management and homelessness: the versatile roles of business improvement districts

Journal of Place Management and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 411-427

  Lee, Wonhyung ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; District management; Downtown; Homelessness; Public space

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048374838     PISSN: 17538335     EISSN: 17538343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JPMD-06-2017-0052     Document Type: Article

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