Urban Poverty, Spatial Representation and Mobility: Touring a Slum in Mexico

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 706-724

  Dürr, Eveline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mexico; Mobility; Slums; Tourism

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LIFESTYLE; MARGINALIZATION; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

MAZATLAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SINALOA;

EID: 84862849346     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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