Ghettos in Canada's cities? Racial segregation, ethnic enclaves and poverty concentration in Canadian urban areas

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-297

  Walks, R Alan ^a   Bourne, Larry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCLAVE; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RACIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748590828     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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