The Expatriate real estate complex: Creative destruction and the production of luxury in post-socialist prague

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-628

  Cook, Andrew ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Foreign investment; Gentrification; Municipal corruption; Post socialism; Prague; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HOUSING MARKET; POST-COMMUNISM; POWER RELATIONS; URBAN RENEWAL;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 77956243985     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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