Waiting for War (and other Strategies to Stop Gentrification): The Case of Ras Beirut

Human Geography(United Kingdom)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 14-32

  Ross, Robert ^a   Jamil, Lamis ^b  

^a POINT PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Beirut; commodification; comodificacion; desplazamiento; displacement; gentrificacion; gentrification; market based approaches; modelos de mercado

Indexed keywords

EID: 85106760383     PISSN: 19427786     EISSN: 2633674X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194277861100400301     Document Type: Article

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