Key barriers to community cohesion: Views from residents of 20 London deprived neighbourhoods

GeoJournal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-234

  Bertotti, Marcello ^a   Adams Eaton, Faye ^a   Sheridan, Kevin ^a   Renton, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community cohesion; Community development; Community participation; Disadvantaged neighbourhoods; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COHESION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBOURHOODS; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH;

ADHESION;

COHESION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858698079     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9326-1     Document Type: Article

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