Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: van Ham, Maarten (Editor), Manley, David (Editor), Bailey, Nick (Editor), Simpson, Ludi (Editor), Maclennan, Duncan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Geography.; Social policy.; Sociology.; Quality of life.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Geography, general.; Sociology, general.; Social Policy.; Quality of Life Research.

Over the last 25 years a vast body of literature has been published on neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in more deprived neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. The volume of work not only reflects acad...