Gentrification as corporate growth strategy: The strange case of Charlotte, North Carolina and the Bank of America

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-418

  Smith, Heather ^a   Graves, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GENTRIFICATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044446413     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2005.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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