New trajectories in urban regeneration processes: Cultural capital as source of human and social capital accumulation - Evidence from the case of Tohu in Montreal

Cities

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 397-407

  Tavano Blessi, Giorgio ^a,b,c   Tremblay, Diane Gabrielle ^d   Sandri, Marco ^c   Pilati, Thomas ^d  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Human capital; Social capital; Urban areas; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN RENEWAL;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84867397051     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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