Homelessness in Berlin: Between Americanization and path dependence

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1023-1042

  Von Mahs, Jürgen ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Americanization; Berlin; homelessness; path dependence; sociospatial exclusion

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; POLICY REFORM; RENTAL SECTOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SOCIETY;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 80054758223     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.7.1023     Document Type: Article

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