Using auto-photography to understand place: Reflections from research in urban informal settlements in Mexico

Area

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-32

  Lombard, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auto photography; Mexico; Place meaning; Urban informal settlements; Visual methods

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84873196024     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2012.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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