Gentrification in black and white: The racial impact of public housing demolition in American cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1581-1604

  Goetz, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; GENTRIFICATION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RACIAL IDENTITY;

ARTICLE; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HOUSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; POLICY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HOUSING; RACE RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN RENEWAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957511408     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010375323     Document Type: Article

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