Why gentrification theory fails in ‘much of the world’

City

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 552-563

  Ghertner, D Asher ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84938678252     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2015.1051745     Document Type: Article

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