Participatory Governance and the Spatial Representation of Neighborhood Issues

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-110

  Jun, Kyu Nahm ^a   Musso, Juliet ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen participation; community representing organizations; neighborhood councils; urban governance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN POLITICS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871666390     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087412453704     Document Type: Article

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