Linking social deprivation and digital exclusion in England

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1275-1298

  Longley, Paul A ^a   Singleton, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65549138826     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009104566     Document Type: Article

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