Spillover of the private city: BIDs as a pivot of social control in downtown Los Angeles

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-166

  Marquardt, Nadine ^a   Füller, Henning ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BID; public space; social control; urban governance; urban security

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; GENTRIFICATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNER CITY AREA; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SPACE; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859925430     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776411420019     Document Type: Article

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