The social ecology of the post-fordist/global city? Economic restructuring and socio-spatial polarisation in the Toronto urban region

Urban Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 407-447

  Walks, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; POST-FORDISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 0035054114     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980120027438     Document Type: Article

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