A ‘Bedford Falls’ kind of place: Neighbourhood branding and commercial revitalisation in processes of gentrification in Toronto, Ontario

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 867-883

  Keatinge, Brenna ^a   Martin, Deborah G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

branding; civic activism; commercial district; gentrification; identity; neighbourhood; place; revitalization; Toronto

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; GENTRIFICATION; LAND USE CONFLICT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SPACE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN POLITICS;

CANADA; ETOBICOKE CREEK; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84959266292     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015569681     Document Type: Article

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