Neighborhood diversity and the creative class in Chicago

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-183

  Bereitschaft, Bradley ^a   Cammack, Rex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Creative class; Income diversity; Linguistic diversity; Neighborhood diversity; Racial diversity

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; OCCUPATION; SKILLED LABOR;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938507142     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.020     Document Type: Article

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