Identifying neighborhood thresholds: An empirical exploration

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 701-732

  Galster, George C ^b   Quercia, Roberto G ^a   Cortes, Alvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Neighborhood; Quality; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001765730     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2000.9521383     Document Type: Article

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