What's in the box? Issues in evaluating interventions to develop strong and open communities

Community Development Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-469

  Kemp, Lynn ^a   Chavez, Roberta ^b   Harris roxas, Ben ^b   Burton, Natalie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 53349153625     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsm014     Document Type: Article

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