Poor neighbourhoods and poor services: Evidence on the 'rationing' of environmental service provision to deprived neighbourhoods

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2907-2927

  Hasting, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 70449834973     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009344995     Document Type: Article

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