Toward an understanding of the spatiality of urban poverty: The urban poor as spatial actors

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 723-737

  Gotham, Kevin Fox ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142213970     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00478     Document Type: Article

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