Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems? A Policy Context /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Manley, David (Editor), van Ham, Maarten (Editor), Bailey, Nick (Editor), Simpson, Ludi (Editor), Maclennan, Duncan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Geography.; Social policy.; Quality of life.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Geography, general.; Social Policy.; Quality of Life Research.

This edited volume critically examines the link between area based policies, neighbourhood based problems, and neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. O...