Race, Place, and Neighboring: Social Ties Among Neighbors in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Contexts

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 581-596

  Nation, Maury ^a   Fortney, Timothy ^b   Wandersman, Abraham ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

neighborhoods; neighboring; race; rural; suburban; urban

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL IDENTITY; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN REGION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955574598     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508328599     Document Type: Article

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