Urban social movements and small places: Slow Cities as sites of activism

City

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-465

  Pink, Sarah ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Citt slow; Slow Cities; Towns; Urban social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149099879     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604810903298557     Document Type: Article

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