Reconstituting the possible: Lefebvre, Utopia and the urban question

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-45

  Pinder, David ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical urban theory; Everyday life; Lefebvre; Possible impossible; Utopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924061378     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12083     Document Type: Article

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