The Political Geographies of Urban Polarization: A Critical Review of Research on Divided Cities

Geography Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 560-574

  Allegra, Marco ^a   Casaglia, Anna ^b   Rokem, Jonathan ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FRAGMENTATION; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; RESEARCH; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 84866543781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2012.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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