More than gentrification: Geographies of capitalist displacement in Los Angeles 1994-1999

Urban Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-56

  Revel Sims, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

displacement; eviction; gentrification

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; GENTRIFICATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN HISTORY; WORLD CITY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960320323     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1046698     Document Type: Article

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