From a top-down to a bottom-up urban discourse: (Re) constructing the city in a family-inclusive way

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-329

  Karsten, Lia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balanced city; Contested city; Family housing; Urban discourse; Urban families

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SOCIETY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68549083542     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-009-9145-1     Document Type: Article

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