Why do residents want to leave deprived neighbourhoods? The importance of residents' subjective evaluations of their neighbourhood and its reputation

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-101

  Andersen, Hans Skifter ^a,b  

^a Danish Urban and Building Research   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deprived neighbourhoods; Neighbourhood dissatisfaction; Plans to move away

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL IMPACT; URBAN AREA;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 42549116770     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-008-9109-x     Document Type: Article

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