Journal Article

Green investment strategies: a positive force in cities


Abstract: Deterioration of urban neighborhoods is known to induce out migration, but how well do public investments to reverse decline actually work? To evaluate Philadelphia?s greening investment, researchers measured property buyers? willingness to pay more?and found that greening works.

Keywords: Community development;

Access Documents

Authors

Bibliographic Information

Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: Communities and Banking

Publication Date: 2008

Issue: Spr

Pages: 24-27