City centre gentrification: Loft conversions in London's city fringe

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-287

  Hamnett, Chris ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gentrification; Inner London; Land use; Loft conversions; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649622381     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140903132200     Document Type: Article

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