Cleaning up without clearing out? A spatial assessment of environmental gentrification

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-59

  Eckerd, Adam ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental gentrification; residential sorting; urban environmental policy

Indexed keywords

CLEANUP; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GENTRIFICATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650992157     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087410379720     Document Type: Article

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