Graffiti or street art? Negotiating the moral geographies of the creative city

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-206

  Mcauliffe, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORALITY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84860320650     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2012.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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