Moving on up? Regions, megaregions, and the changing geography of social equity organizing

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-348

  Benner, Chris ^a   Pastor, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

megaregions; regional equity; urban geography; urban social movements

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; EQUITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; POVERTY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953727267     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087410391950     Document Type: Article

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