Gentrification in Latin America: addressing the politics and geographies of displacement

Urban Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1175-1194

  Janoschka, Michael ^a   Sequera, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buenos Aires; displacement; dispossession; Gentrification; Latin America; Mexico City; Rio de Janeiro; Santiago de Chile

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; DISPLACEMENT; GENTRIFICATION; POLITICS; URBAN AREA;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; CHILE; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; METROPOLITANA; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 84958536971     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1103995     Document Type: Article

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