'Weak Center' gentrification and the contradictions of containment: deconcentrating poverty in Downtown Los Angeles

This case study of recent efforts to deconcentrate poverty within the Skid Row area of Los Angeles examines processes of 'weak-center' gentrification as it applies to a 'service dependent ghetto,' thus filling two key gaps in prior scholarship. We document the collaboration betwe...

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Main Authors: Reese, Ellen (Author), DeVerteuil, Geoffrey (Author), Thach, Leanne (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010-04.
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