The Logic of Urban Squatting

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-45

  Pruijt, Hans ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amsterdam; Berlin; Europe; Frankfurt; Housing; London; Milan; Social movements; Squatting

Indexed keywords

LOW INCOME POPULATION; MOBILIZATION; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; BERLIN; ENGLAND; FRANKFURT AM MAIN; GERMANY; HESSE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871606865     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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