'Positive' Gentrification, Social Control and the 'Right to the City' in Mixed-Income Communities: Uses and Expectations of Space and Place

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 480-502

  Chaskin, Robert ^a   Joseph, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Gentrification; Mixed income development; Public housing; Social control; Urban poverty; USA

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874391648     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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