Mapping the urban debtscape

Urban Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-187

  Walks, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; GENTRIFICATION; HOMEOWNER; LABOR MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN SOCIETY; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878142003     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2013.778647     Document Type: Article

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