Origins of an Urban Crisis: The Restructuring of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Geography of Foreclosure

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 663-688

  Schafran, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioch; Foreclosure crisis; Oakland; Regional restructuring; San Francisco; Segregation; Stockton; Urban planning; USA; Walnut Creek

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL SECURITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; IOWA; OAKLAND; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; STOCKTON [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WALNUT CREEK;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84874365314     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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