From Yuppies to Yupps: Family Gentrifiers Consuming Spaces and Re-inventing Cities

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-188

  Karsten, Lia ^a  

^a AISSR Urban Geographies   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children's spaces; Consumption cultures; Family gentrification; Middle class family; Public space; Shops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897829729     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12055     Document Type: Article

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