Urban geographies of hesitant transition: Tracing socioeconomic segregation in post-ceauşescu bucharest

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1399-1417

  Marcińczak, Szymon ^a   Gentile, Michael ^b   Rufat, Samuel ^c   Chelcea, Liviu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bucharest; Ceau escu; Post socialism; Romania; Segregation indices; Socio occupational segregation; Socioeconomic segregation

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; POST-COMMUNISM; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

BUCHAREST [BUCHAREST (ADS)]; BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; ROMANIA;

EID: 84902204370     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12073     Document Type: Article

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