A spatial analysis of the impact of housing foreclosures on residential burglary

Applied Geography

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-34

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a   McCord, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burglary; Foreclosures; Geographically weighted regression (GWR); Neighborhoods; Spatial analysis; Spillover effects

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSING PROVISION; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPILLOVER EFFECT; SUBURBAN AREA; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; SOCIAL IMPACT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN HOUSING;

KENTUCKY; LOUISVILLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905716401     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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