NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL AND GOVERNMENT BY COMMUNITY: The Atherton Gardens network

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-101

  Meredyth, Denise ^a   Ewing, Scott ^a   Thomas, Julian ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community; housing; information technology; multi ethnicity; neighbourhood renewal; wired community

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549117089     PISSN: 10286632     EISSN: 14772833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028663042000212346     Document Type: Article

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