Spatial capital, gentrification and mobility: Evidence from Swiss core cities

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-142

  Rérat, Patrick ^a   Lees, Loretta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Locational advantage; Mobility; New build gentrification; Spatial capital; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; GENTRIFICATION; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

NEUCHATEL [NEUCHATEL (ADS)]; NEUCHATEL [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND]; ZURICH [ZURICH (ADS)];

EID: 78649886159     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2010.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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