Exploring social capital as an urban neighbourhood resource: Empirical findings and strategic conclusions of a case study in berlin-moabit

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 488-505

  Schnur, Olaf ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area based urban politics; Berlin; Neighbourhood development; Resident survey; Social capital; Urban civil society

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744812733     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2005.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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