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From the ground up : translating geography into community through neighbor networks /

Where do neighborhoods come from and why do certain resources and effects--such as social capital and collective efficacy--bundle together in some neighborhoods and not in others? From the Ground Up argues that neighborhood communities emerge from neighbor networks, and shows that these social relat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grannis, Rick, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Where do neighborhoods come from and why do certain resources and effects--such as social capital and collective efficacy--bundle together in some neighborhoods and not in others? From the Ground Up argues that neighborhood communities emerge from neighbor networks, and shows that these social relations are unique because of particular geographic qualities. Highlighting the linked importance of geography and children to the emergence of neighborhood communities, Rick Grannis models how neighboring progresses through four stages: when geography allows individuals to be conveniently av.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 242 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index.
ISBN:9781400830572
1400830575