Space for equity: socioeconomic variations in the provision of public parks in Hermosillo, Mexico

Local Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 350-368

  Lara Valencia, Francisco ^a   García Pérez, Hilda ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

city planning; globalisation; neighbourhoods; public parks; spatial equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919838463     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.857647     Document Type: Article

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