The sun city wars: Chapter 3

Urban Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 627-648

  McHugh, Kevin ^a   Gober, Patricia ^a   Borough, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common interest developments; Metropolitan social fragmentation; Political conflict; Retirement communities; Social contract

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036825156     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.23.7.627     Document Type: Article

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