The Racial Triangulation of Space: The Case of Urban Renewal in San Francisco's Fillmore District

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-170

  Lai, Clement ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asian Americans; Racial positioning; Racialization; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; POST-WAR; RACIAL SEGREGATION; REDEVELOPMENT; TRIANGULATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RENEWAL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857852413     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.583572     Document Type: Article

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