Gentrification and revanchist urbanism in Taipei?

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 560-576

  Jou, Sue Ching ^a   Clark, Eric ^b   Chen, Hsiao Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gentrification; neoliberalisation; redevelopment; revanchist urbanism; Taipei

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; NEOLIBERALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84954502785     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014541970     Document Type: Article

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