Cities, Social Cohesion and the Environment: Towards a Future Research Agenda

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1959-1979

  Cook, Ian R ^a   Swyngedouw, Erik ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84862331200     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012444887     Document Type: Article

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