Resisting the entrepreneurial city: Street vendors' struggle in mexico city's historic center

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-63

  Crossa, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial urban governance; Historic Center; Mexico City; Resistance; Street vendors

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GATED COMMUNITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORIC BUILDING; POLICY STRATEGY; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65449135533     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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