Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the relation between networks and
spatial context. This review examines critically a selection of the literature on how physical …

The literature on neighborhood effects frequently is evaluated or interpreted in relation to the
question,“Do neighborhoods matter?” We argue that this question has had a …

Influential research on the negative effects of living in a disadvantaged neighborhood
assumes that its residents are socially isolated from nonpoor or “mainstream” …

Over the last 25 years a vast body of literature has been published investigating
neighbourhood effects: the idea that neighbourhood characteristics can have a significant …

Importance Neighborhood disadvantage is an important social determinant of health in
childhood and adolescence. Less is known about the association of neighborhood …

Over the last twenty-five years a vast body of literature has been published on
neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in more disadvantaged neighbourhoods has a …

Several decades of research demonstrate a link between neighborhood residence and
human development throughout the life course. This chapter goes beyond enumerating …

Studies of neighbourhood effects typically investigate the instantaneous effect of point-in-
time measures of neighbourhood poverty on individual outcomes. It has been suggested …

The hypothesis of neighborhood stigma predicts that individuals who reside in areas known
for high crime, poverty, disorder, and/or racial isolation embody the negative characteristics …

Gentrification is a process in which formerly declining, under-resourced, neighborhoods
experience reinvestment and in-migration of increasingly affluent new residents, with …