Social capital, neighbourhood attachment and participation in distressed urban areas. A case study in The Hague and Utrecht, the Netherlands

Housing Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-379

  Dekker, Karien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Governance; Neighbourhood attachment; Neighbourhood restructuring; Participation; Social capital; Social mix

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN AREA;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTH HOLLAND; THE HAGUE; UTRECHT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247872857     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030701254103     Document Type: Article

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