The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Neal, Zachary P ^a   Neal, Jennifer Watling ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Diversity; Sense of community; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84893907220     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9608-0     Document Type: Article

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