Gentrification by Ground Rent Dispossession: The Shadows Cast by Large-Scale Urban Renewal in Santiago de Chile

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 330-357

  Lopez Morales, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gentrification; Peri central space; Rent gap; Santiago de Chile; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; INNER CITY AREA; LIBERALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 79851483156     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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