Assets and neighborhoods: The role of individual assets in neighborhood revitalization

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 169-202

  Weber, Rachel N ^a   Smith, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Community development and revitalization; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044445244     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2003.9521472     Document Type: Article

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