Should policy makers strive for neighborhood social mix? An analysis of the Western European evidence base

Housing Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-545

  Galster, George ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood effects; Social mix policy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNICITY; HOUSING POLICY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL HOUSING; URBAN HOUSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447335304     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030701387630     Document Type: Article

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