Problem, research strategy, and findings: There is increasing interest in planning for healthy
communities, but little is known about how planners can affect mental health and wellbeing …

A growing number of sociologists, political scientists, economists, and organizational
theorists have invoked the concept of social capital in the search for answers to a …

In the book, authors Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson examine the
direct and indirect impacts of sprawl on human health and well-being, and discuss the …

Social capital has many faces in the geography of urban opportunity, and as such, particular
housing policies might have positive effects on some forms of social capital and negative …

In this era of education reform, school counselors are among educators being held
accountable for the academic achievement of minority and poor children. School counselors …

The concept of social exclusion has been a central focus of government policy for the past
ten years and is now at the core of much practitioner activity. Thoroughly updated, this much …

Urban Theory and the Urban Experience brings together classic and contemporary
approaches to urban research in order to reveal the intellectual origins of urban studies and …

This paper aims to provide a brief review of the much neglected 'dark side'of social capital.
To highlight the contextual nature of social capital by way of examples from different …

Over the past two decades, research on urban schools has focused predominantly on
achievement gaps. However, achievement gaps exist because of gaps in opportunities for …

Case studies from around the world and theoretical discussion show how the capacity to act
collectively on local problems can be developed, strengthening democracy while changing …