Predicting housing abandonment with the Philadelphia neighborhood information system

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-106

  Hillier, Amy E ^a   Culhane, Dennis P ^a   Smith, Tony E ^a   Tomlin, C Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HOUSING POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; URBAN HOUSING;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042131886     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9906.00007     Document Type: Article

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