Spatial Regulation, Dispersal, and the Aesthetics of the City: Conservation Officer Policing of Homeless People in Ottawa, Canada 1

Antipode

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1015-1033

  Walby, Kevin ^a   Lippert, Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital cities; Dispersal; Homeless people; Law; Spatial regulation; Temporalities

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NATIONALISM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 84860662965     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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