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Gated Communities and Spatial Inequality

Elena VesselinovUniversity of South CarolinaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Matthew CazessusUniversity of South Carolina
&
William FalkUniversity of Maryland
Pages 109-127 | Published online: 02 Dec 2016

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