Measuring neighborhood distress: A tool for place-based urban revitalization strategies

Community Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 464-475

  Jennings, James ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

neighborhood distress; place based revitalization; spatial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867509434     PISSN: 15575330     EISSN: 19447485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2011.645047     Document Type: Article

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