Geographical Approaches to Understanding Urban Decline: From Evolutionary Theory to Political Economy...and Back?

Geography Compass

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 286-302

  Weaver, Russell ^a   Holtkamp, Chris ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN GROWTH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928822360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12211     Document Type: Article

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