Transatlantic city, part 1: Conjunctural urbanism

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 4-30

  Peck, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic City; entrepreneurial urbanism; financialisation; neoliberalism; urban theory

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEOLIBERALISM; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS; URBANIZATION;

ATLANTIC CITY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006483755     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098016679355     Document Type: Article

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