Environmental justice in the therapeutic inner city

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 656-665

  Masuda, Jeffrey R ^a   Crabtree, Alexis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Downtown Eastside; Environmental justice; Therapeutic landscape; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HOMELESSNESS; INNER CITY AREA; MARGINALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROSTITUTION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 77952558801     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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