Sustainable urban community development from the grassroots: Challenges and opportunities in a pedestrian street initiative

Local Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Newman, Lenore ^a   Waldron, Levi ^a   Dale, Ann ^a   Carriere, Kelsey ^b  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Streets Are for People and PS Kensington   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 42149147417     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830701581879     Document Type: Article

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