Moving in/out of Brussels' historical core in the early 2000s: Migration and the effects of gentrification

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 825-848

  Van Criekingen, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; HOUSING MARKET; MIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA; WORLD CITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62749185542     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009102131     Document Type: Article

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