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Unsettling the city urban land and the politics of property

By: Language: English Publication details: London Routledge 2004Description: xxi, 207p. 23cmISBN:
  • 0415933161
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 333.337
Summary: Provides an original analysis of urban property and its politics, in particular referring to Downtown Eastside, an inner city neighbourhood in Vancouver. Discusses property ownership and the ownership model, gentrification, the ethics of land and property, and postcolonial cities and displacement. Bibliography.

Provides an original analysis of urban property and its politics, in particular referring to Downtown Eastside, an inner city neighbourhood in Vancouver. Discusses property ownership and the ownership model, gentrification, the ethics of land and property, and postcolonial cities and displacement. Bibliography.