The place of neighbourhood in social cohesion: Insights from Massey, West Auckland

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-338

  Witten, Karen ^a   McCreanor, Tim ^a   Kearns, Robin ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community attachment; Neighbourhood accessability; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645761050     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0811114032000147386     Document Type: Article

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