LGBT neighbourhoods and 'new mobilities': Towards understanding transformations in sexual and gendered urban landscapes

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 756-772

  Nash, Catherine J ^a   Gorman Murray, Andrew ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay villages; LGBT neighbourhoods; Mobility; Motility; Sydney; Toronto

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOMOSEXUALITY; INNER CITY AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; POST-WAR; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NEW SOUTH WALES; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; TORONTO;

EID: 84897512288     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12104     Document Type: Article

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