Can community design build trust? A comparative study of design factors in Boise, Idaho neighborhoods

Cities

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 456-465

  Mason, Susan G ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community design; Income inequality; New urbanism; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN DESIGN;

BOISE; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957271999     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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