The rise of gated communities in Israel: Reflections on changing urban governance in a neo-liberal era

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1702-1722

  Rosen, Gillad ^a   Razin, Eran ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATED COMMUNITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATIZATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67149093346     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009105508     Document Type: Article

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