Locating the Urban In-between: Tracking the Urban Politics of Infrastructure in Toronto

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1589-1608

  Young, Douglas ^a   Keil, Roger ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

In between city; Infrastructure; Marginality; Post suburban politics; Post suburbia; Toronto; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERIPHERAL REGION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN REGION; VULNERABILITY; INFRASTRUCTURE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84906941448     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12146     Document Type: Article

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