Data-Driven Organizing: A Community-University Partnership to Address Vacant and Abandoned Property

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-262

  Teixeira, Samantha ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; community organizing; Community based participatory research; housing; neighborhood; university community partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884274298     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2013.811621     Document Type: Article

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