Geografie 2021, 126, 123-147

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2021126020123

A gender approach to housing loss in Spain: the case of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Josefina Domínguez-MujicaID, Juan Parreño-CastellanoID

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Received September 2020
Accepted May 2021

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