▪ Abstract This paper assesses and synthesizes the cumulative results of a new
“neighborhood-effects” literature that examines social processes related to problem …

In current theoretical and policy debates concerning social cohesion, the neighbourhood
has re-emerged as an important setting for many of the processes which supposedly shape …

" Across diverse disciplines, the term resilience is appearing more and more often. However,
while each discipline has developed theory and models to explain the resilience of the …

Sustainable development is a widely used term, which has been increasingly influential on
UK planning, housing and urban policy in recent years. Debates about sustainability no …

Although there is now a large body of empirical research on neighbourhood effects, we
know relatively little about the causal mechanisms responsible for relationships between …

The social ties between the residents of urban neighbourhoods are in decline due to
changing work patterns, increased mobility and developments in communications …

Spatial Data Analysis: Theory and Practice, first published in 2003, provides a broad ranging
treatment of the field of spatial data analysis. It begins with an overview of spatial data …

In the United Kingdom planning favours a more compact, high-density, and mixed-use urban
form. Many of the claims made for such compact forms in terms of the sustainability benefits …

Much has been written about cities in the information age, most of it either positively
visionary or, conversely, apocalyptic in nature. In an echo of concerns raised by early …

Despite developments in urban design during the last few decades, architects, urban
planners and designers often continue to produce areas of bland, commercially led urban …