Social diversity and construction era of neighborhoods with traditional design features: Portland and Atlanta compared

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-38

  Miles, Rebecca ^a   Song, Yan ^b   Frank, Larry ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Displacement; Neighborhood; Social diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960900410     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549171003764470     Document Type: Article

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