From priority-led to market-led suburbanisation in a post-communist metropolis

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-453

  Leetmaa, Kadri ^a   Tammaru, Tiit ^a   Anniste, Kristi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Historical legacy; Post Soviet period; Suburbanisation; Tallinn metropolitan area; Urban actors

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350751484     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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