Different Views From The 606: Examining the Impacts of an Urban Greenway on Crime in Chicago

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 56-85

  Harris, Brandon ^a   Larson, Lincoln ^a   Ogletree, Scott ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; crime; disadvantage; linear trails; urban change

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CRIME; GREENSPACE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85035816912     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916517690197     Document Type: Article

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