From London to Mumbai and back again: Gentrification and public policy in comparative perspective

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2407-2428

  Harris, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIA; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54049086185     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008097100     Document Type: Article

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