Can mixed-income housing ameliorate concentrated poverty? The significance of a geographically informed sense of community

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2127-2144

  Fraser, James ^a   Nelson, Michael H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; EMPOWERMENT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN HOUSING;

EID: 57049186268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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