The social space of gentrification: The politics of neighbourhood accessibility in Toronto's downtown west

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 822-839

  Mazer, Katie M ^a   Rankin, Katharine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENTRIFICATION; IDEOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; TERRITORIALITY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 80052733756     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d7109     Document Type: Article

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