Negotiating social mix in toronto's first public housing redevelopment: Power, space and social control in don mount court

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1160-1180

  August, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Deconcentration; Gentrification; HOPE VI; New Urbanism; Public housing; Public space; Social housing; Social mix; Toronto

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ESTHETICS; GENTRIFICATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POWER RELATIONS; PUBLIC SPACE; REDEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84902281356     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12127     Document Type: Article

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