Feminist geographies of the "City": Multiple voices, multiple meanings

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 211-227

  Preston, Valerie ^a   Ustundag, Ebru ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

City women; Fa ades; Feminism; Feminist geographies; Urban gender inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955335184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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