Distress in the Desert: Neighborhood Disorder, Resident Satisfaction, and Quality of Life During the Las Vegas Foreclosure Crisis

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-238

  Batson, Christie D ^a   Monnat, Shannon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disorder; foreclosures; neighborhood satisfaction; neighborhoods; quality of life

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923308299     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087414527080     Document Type: Article

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