Subjective constructions of neighborhood boundaries: Lessons from a qualitative study of four neighborhoods

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-490

  Campbell, Elizabeth ^a   Henly, Julia R ^a   Elliott, Delbert S ^b   Irwin, Katherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 70350425586     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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