The politics of studentification and '(un)balanced' urban populations: Lessons for gentrification and sustainable communities?

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2541-2564

  Smith, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54049106937     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008097108     Document Type: Article

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