The Urban Injustices of New Labour's 'New Urban Renewal': The Case of the Aylesbury Estate in London

Antipode

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 921-947

  Lees, Loretta ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gentrification; Mixed communities policy; Post political; Regeneration; Resistance; Revanchism

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SOUTHWARK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876902888     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12020     Document Type: Article

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