Regional and urban-rural variations in the association of neighbourhood deprivation with community resource access: A national study

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2469-2489

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Witten, Karen ^b   Hiscock, Rosemary ^a   Blakely, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GIS; HEALTH CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34447343424     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a409     Document Type: Article

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