Overview
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Irwin Altman
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University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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Abraham Wandersman
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University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxii
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- Michael R. Edelstein, Abraham Wandersman
Pages 69-112
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- David Bartelt, David Elesh, Ira Goldstein, George Leon, William Yancey
Pages 163-189
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- Willem Van Vliet, Jack Burgers
Pages 257-290
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Back Matter
Pages 291-298
About this book
This ninth volume in the series deals with a fascinating and complex topic in the environment and behavior field. Neighborhoods and com munities are in various stages of formation and transition in almost every society, nation, and culture. A variety of political, economic, and social factors have resulted in the formation of new communities and the transformation of older communities. Thus we see nomadic people set tling into stable communities, new towns sprouting up around the world, continuing suburban sprawl, simultaneous deterioration, re newal and gentrification of urban areas, demographic changes in com munities, and so on. As in previous volumes, the range of content, theory, and methods represented in the various chapters is intended to be broadly based, with perspectives rooted in several disciplines-anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, urban studies. Although many other disciplines also play an important role in the study and understanding of neigh borhoods and community environments, we hope that the contributions to this volume will at least present readers with a broad sampling-if not a comprehensive treatment-of the topic.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Irwin Altman
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University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
Abraham Wandersman
