Geografie 2015, 120, 134-163

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2015120020134

Newbuild gentrification, tele-urbanization and urban growth: placing the cities of the post-Communist South in the gentrification debate

Michael Gentile1, Joseph Salukvadze2, David Gogishvili2,3

1University of Helsinki, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Finland
2Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Department of Human Geography, Tbilisi, Georgia
3Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy

Received July 2014
Accepted April 2015

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