Redefining Neighborhoods Using Common Destinations: Social Characteristics of Activity Spaces and Home Census Tracts Compared

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 727-752

  Jones, Malia ^a   Pebley, Anne R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity spaces; GIS methods; Isolation; Neighborhood; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84901975750     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0283-z     Document Type: Article

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