Moving to opportunity: The demonstration's design and its effects on mobility

Urban Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1275-1299

  Feins, Judith D ^a   Shroder, Mark D ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b HUD Office of Policy Development and Research PD and R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HOUSING PROVISION; MOBILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22244445807     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500150599     Document Type: Article

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