Are good-quality environments socially cohesive? Measuring quality and cohesion in urban neighbourhoods

Town Planning Review

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-345

  Dempsey, Nicola ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RENEWAL; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 77950416899     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.80.3.5     Document Type: Article

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