Geographies of displacement in the creative city: The case of Liberty Village, Toronto

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 1095-1114

  Catungal, John Paul ^a   Leslie, Deborah ^a   Hii, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY STRATEGY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 65449173565     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009103856     Document Type: Article

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