Is ‘gentrification’ an analytically useful concept for Vietnam? A case study of Hanoi

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 490-505

  Yip, Ngai Ming ^a   Tran, Hoai Anh ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gentrification; Hanoi; transitional economy; urban transformation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

HANOI; VIET NAM;

EID: 84954543956     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014566364     Document Type: Article

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