The process and practice of downtown revitalization. From: The Review of Policy Research | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Faulk, Dagney | COPYRIGHT 2006 Policy Studies Organization. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction

The literature on urban economic development is dominated by analysis of the decentralization of population and employment, the resulting decline of the traditional central business district (CBD)--hereafter referred to as downtown--and the consequences of both. There is a direct relationship between sprawl (excessive decentralization) and downtown vitality. As Brueckner (2000) pointed out, excessive suburbanization reduces "the incentive to redevelop land ...

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