Sense of community in neighborhoods as a multi-level construct

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 681-694

  Kingston, Sharon ^a   Mitchell, Roger ^a   Florin, Paul ^a   Stevenson, John ^a  

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EID: 0033216558     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199911)27:6<681::AID-JCOP4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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