'Weak-Center' gentrification and the contradictions of containment: Deconcentrating poverty in downtown los angeles

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-327

  Reese, Ellen ^a   Deverteuil, Geoffrey ^b   Thach, Leanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti homeless ordinances; Business improvement district; Displacement; Gentrification; Homelessness; Los Angeles; Neoliberalism; Poverty deconcentration; Spatial fix; Weak center

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; HOMELESSNESS; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REDEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954194613     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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