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From the ground up [electronic resource] : translating geography into community through neighbor networks / Rick Grannis.

By: Grannis, Rick, 1965-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009Description: xviii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Community life | Neighborhoods | Communities | EcologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 307.3/3620973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Neighborhoods and neighboring -- The stages of neighboring -- Reconceptualizing stage 1 neighboring -- Reconceptualizing stage 1 neighbor networks -- Selection and influence -- Respondents, interviews, and other data -- Selecting stage 1 neighbors -- Unintentional encounters -- Stage 3 neighbors and tertiary streets -- The importance of neighbor networks -- Network influence theory -- Influence networks in a college town -- Influence networks in a gang barrio -- Implications.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.

Neighborhoods and neighboring -- The stages of neighboring -- Reconceptualizing stage 1 neighboring -- Reconceptualizing stage 1 neighbor networks -- Selection and influence -- Respondents, interviews, and other data -- Selecting stage 1 neighbors -- Unintentional encounters -- Stage 3 neighbors and tertiary streets -- The importance of neighbor networks -- Network influence theory -- Influence networks in a college town -- Influence networks in a gang barrio -- Implications.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.