The globalization of urban housing markets: Immigration and changing housing demand in Vancouver

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 724-749

  Moos, Markus ^a   Skaburskis, Andrejs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

globalization; housing; immigration; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GLOBALIZATION; HOUSING MARKET; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN HOUSING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 77954875301     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.6.724     Document Type: Article

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