Neighborhood design and sense of community: Comparing suburban neighborhoods in Houston Texas

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 325-334

  Rogers, George Oliver ^a   Sukolratanametee, Sineenart ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ecology; Landscape; Neighborhood; Place; Street pattern

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

HOUSTON , TEXAS; LANDSCAPE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN; PLACE; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; STREET PATTERN; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

CONSERVATION;

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUBURBAN AREA;

HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349158940     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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