Nature and urban citizenship redefined: The case of the National Park in Mumbai

Geoforum

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-33

  Zerah, Marie Hélène ^a   Landy, Frédéric ^b  

^a a Network of Research Units of the National Centre for Scientific Research   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Mumbai; National parks; Right to the city; Slums; Urban citizenship; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871404757     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.11.027     Document Type: Article

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