Out of the projects, still in the hood: The spatial constraints on public-housing residents' relocation in Chicago

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-614

  Oakley, Deirdre ^a   Burchfield, Keri ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FEDERAL SYSTEM; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71449100613     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2009.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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