The Power of Scenes: Quantities of amenities and qualities of places

Cultural Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 425-449

  Silver, Daniel ^a   Nichols Clark, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

amenities; culture; new social movements; place; scenes; walkability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924707625     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: 14664348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2014.937946     Document Type: Article

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