Living in a mixed-income development: Resident perceptions of the benefits and disadvantages of two developments in Chicago

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2347-2366

  Joseph, Mark ^a   Chaskin, Robert ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING PROJECT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TENURE SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY; HOUSING; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHICAGO; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956841059     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009357959     Document Type: Article

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