Urban segregation and metropolitics in latin America: The Case of Bogotá, Colombia

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1319-1343

  Thibert, Joel ^a   Osorio, Giselle Andrea ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bogot ; Colombia; Metropolitan politics; Spatial segregation; Urban fragmentation

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; GENTRIFICATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84902277336     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12021     Document Type: Article

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