Building community capacity under 'austerity urbanism': Stimulating, supporting and maintaining resident engagement in neighbourhood regeneration in Manchester

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-380

  Deas, Iain ^a   Doyle, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Community capacity; Localism; Social capital; Urban regeneration policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879049254     PISSN: 17529638     EISSN: 17529646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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