Postcolonialising informality?

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-22

  Varley, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Favela isation; Latin America; Postcolonialism; Slums; Urban informality

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; URBAN AREA; URBAN HISTORY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84875741693     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d14410     Document Type: Article

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