Urbanizing urban political ecology: A critique of methodological cityism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-27

  Angelo, Hillary ^a   Wachsmuth, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lefebvre; Methodological cityism; Planetary urbanization; Urban political ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919641325     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12105     Document Type: Article

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