Towards more social cohesion in large post-second world war housing estates? A case study in Utrecht, the Netherlands1

Housing Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-500

  Van Beckhoven, Ellen ^a   Van Kempen, Ronald ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Large post Second World War housing estates; Regeneration policy; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REGENERATION; HOUSING POLICY; POST-WAR; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745325174     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030600708985     Document Type: Article

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