Sense of Community and Its Association With the Neighborhood Built Environment

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 677-697

  French, Sarah ^a   Wood, Lisa ^a   Foster, Sarah Alexandra ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Frank, Lawrence ^b   Learnihan, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

neighborhood design; sense of community; walkability

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84903942643     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512469098     Document Type: Article

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