Constructing ordinary places: Place-making in urban informal settlements in Mexico

Progress in Planning

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-53

  Lombard, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marginalisation; Mexico; Place identity; Place making; Urban informal settlements

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MARGINALIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANNING METHOD; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; URBAN DESIGN;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ; XALAPA;

EID: 84902950830     PISSN: 03059006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progress.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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