Space, race, and poverty: Spatial inequalities in walkable neighborhood amenities?

Demographic Research

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 409-448

  Duncan, Dustin T ^a   Aldstadt, Jared ^b   Whalen, John ^b   White, Kellee ^c   Castro, Marcia C ^a   Williams, David R ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864311318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.17     Document Type: Article

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