Clean and safe? property redevelopment, public space, and homelessness in downtown san diego

The Politics of Public Space

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 143-175

  Mitchell, Don ^a   Staeheli, Lynn A ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203390306     Document Type: Chapter

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