Residential segregation in a medium-sized post-Soviet city: Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 589-605

  Gentile, Michael ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Former Soviet Union; Kazakhstan; Planning; Post Soviet cities; Residential segregation; Survey method

Indexed keywords

POST-COMMUNISM; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN SOCIETY;

KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 0344272264     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9663.2003.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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