Governing homelessness through land-use: A sociolegal study of the Toronto shelter zoning by-law

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-349

  Ranasinghe, Prashan ^a   Valverde, Mariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33749593060     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20058713     Document Type: Article

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