Gentrification and Social Mixing: Towards an Inclusive Urban Renaissance?
Nearly 30 years ago now, Holcomb and Beauregard were critical of the way that it was assumed that the benefits of gentrification would 'trickle down' to the lower classes in a manner similar to that hypothesised in the housing market. Nevertheless, despite fierce academic debate about whether or not...
| Publicado en: | Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 45; no. 12; pp. 2449 - 2471 |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
Nov2008
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