Intra-urban residential differentiation in the post-Soviet city: The case of Riga, Latvia

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-253

  Krišjāne, Zaiga ^a   Bērziņš, Māris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Latvia; Post Soviet city; Residential differentiation; Riga; Segregation

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; ETHNICITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POST-COMMUNISM; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

LATVIA; RIGA;

EID: 84907857919     PISSN: 20645031     EISSN: 20645147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15201/hungeobull.63.3.1     Document Type: Article

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