Housing stock transfers, regeneration and state-led gentrification in London

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-242

  Watt, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displacement; Gentrification; Local authority housing; Neoliberalism; New Deal for Communities; Stock transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952609480     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140903154147     Document Type: Article

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