Commodifying poverty: Gentrification and consumption in Vancouvers Downtown Eastside

Urban Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-176

  Burnett, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Downtown Eastside; gentrification; poverty; restaurants; urban redevelopment; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MARGINALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; REDEVELOPMENT; TOURISM; URBAN RENEWAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 84896489038     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2013.867669     Document Type: Article

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