Revisiting the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI): Lessons for planners

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 384-399

  Arefi, Mahyar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset based community development; Los Angeles; Neighborhood revitalization; People vs. place prosperity; Public policy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10244230170     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X03022004005     Document Type: Article

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