Shrinking Cities: Urban Challenges of Globalization

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-225

  Martinez Fernandez, Cristina ^a   Audirac, Ivonne ^b   Fol, Sylvie ^c   Cunningham Sabot, Emmanuèle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

Globalization; Shrinking cities; Urban decline France Brazil Australia US Japan

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN RENEWAL; URBAN SOCIETY;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CITIES; FRANCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN RENEWAL;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; FRANCE; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857440632     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01092.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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