Rethinking Land Struggle in the Postindustrial City

Antipode

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1079-1100

  Safransky, Sara ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

commons; decolonization; Detroit; informality; land struggles; property; race; urban greening

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; COMMON LAND; DECOLONIZATION; FISCAL REFORM; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LIBERALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROPERTY MARKET; RACE; SOVEREIGNTY; URBAN PLANNING;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962265837     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12225     Document Type: Article

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