Local Community Group Participation: Who Participates and What Aspects of Neighbourhood Matter?

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-399

  Ziersch, Anna ^a   Osborne, Katy ^a   Baum, Fran ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b South Australian Community Health Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community group; local facilities; neighbourhood; participation; social capital; social cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858791211     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2011.623295     Document Type: Article

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