Building civic capacity in urban neighborhoods: An empirically grounded anatomy

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-294

  Saegert, Susan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33745342024     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2006.00292.x     Document Type: Review

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