The Nature and Extent of Self-Help Housing in Texas: From Colonias to Model Subdivisions

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 145-157

  Durst, Noah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

applied GIS; colonias; housing; land use; neighborhood planning; poverty; urban form

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973389931     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: 15526577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X15612199     Document Type: Article

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