Do Smart-Growth Environments Benefit Single Mothers? Evidence from Thirty MSAs Using the American Housing Survey Data

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 411-426

  Yang, Yizhao ^a   Stockard, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

compact and mixed use; neighborhood satisfaction; single mother headed household; smart growth environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887513412     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X13499935     Document Type: Article

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