Mobilities and Mobilizations of the Urban Poor

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-654

  Jaffe, Rivke ^a   Klaufus, Christien ^b   Colombijn, Freek ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imaginative mobility; Mobility; Mobilization; Social mobility; Spatial negotiation; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

LOW INCOME POPULATION; MOBILITY; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL COGNITION; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 84862876603     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01119.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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