The linkages between real estate tourism and urban sprawl in Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

Land

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-277

  Hof, Angela ^a   Blázquez Salom, Macià ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Countryside villas; Financiarization; Neoliberal planning; Swimming pools; Urban growth patterns; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924808706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land2020252     Document Type: Article

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