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The Challenge of Studentification: The Case of the ‘Village at York University”

Środowisko Mieszkaniowe/Housing Environment
Volume 51 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: Marina Brunner,  Aleksandra Lis,  Beata Malinowska-Petelenz,  Radosław Rybkowski and  Patrick Vaughan  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/he-2025-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2543-8700 | Journal ISSN: 1731-2442
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Language: English
Page range: 84 - 100
Published on: Jun 2, 2025
Published by: Cracow University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
studentification,
housing environment,
housing environment policy,
urban planning
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Landscape architecture,
Landscape architects,
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© 2025 Marina Brunner, Aleksandra Lis, Beata Malinowska-Petelenz, Radosław Rybkowski, Patrick Vaughan, published by Cracow University of Technology
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