Getting globalized: Urban policy and industrial displacement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Urban Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 461-482

  Curran, Winifred ^a   Hanson, Susan ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement; Global city; Manufacturing; New York; Policy

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY;

BROOKLYN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645306263     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.6.461     Document Type: Article

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