Beyond cooptation or resistance: Urban spatial politics, community organizations, and GIS-based spatial narratives

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-341

  Elwood, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community organizations; Neighborhood revitalization; Neoliberalism; Participatory GIS; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GIS; IMAGING METHOD; MAPPING; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750043277     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2006.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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