Post-Industrial Imaginaries: Nature, Representation and Ruin in Detroit, Michigan

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 279-296

  Millington, Nate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detroit; Landscape; Michigan; Representation; Ruins; Urban political ecology; USA

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871611955     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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