Restoring Community through Traditional Neighborhood Design: A Case Study of Diggs Town Public Housing

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-114

  Bothwell, Stephanie E ^a   Gindroz, Raymond ^b   Lang, Robert E ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Urban Design Associates   (United States)

^c FANNIE MAE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Low income housing; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012707536     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1998.9521287     Document Type: Article

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