Do business improvement district organizations make a difference?: Crime in and around commercial areas in Philadelphia

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-199

  Hoyt, Lorlene M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Crime theory; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

CRIME; URBAN PLANNING;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144476360     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X05279276     Document Type: Article

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