'Urban transformation' as state-led property transfer: An analysis of two cases of urban renewal in Istanbul

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1479-1499

  Kuyucu, Tuna ^a   Ünsal, Özlem ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSING MARKET; INNER CITY AREA; NEOLIBERALISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RENEWAL;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77952666613     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009353629     Document Type: Article

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