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Can Resident Participation in Neighborhood Rehabilitation Programs Succeed?

Israel’s Project Renewal Through a Comparative Perspective

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Neighborhood and Community Environments

Part of the book series: Human Behavior and Environment ((HUBE,volume 9))

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Citizen participation and neighborhood rehabilitation have received considerable attention in the last two decades and, to a large extent, have been inextricably linked. It is in the context of neighborhood rehabilitation that citizen involvement has been most implemented, most prominent, and most controversial.

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Churchman, A. (1987). Can Resident Participation in Neighborhood Rehabilitation Programs Succeed?. In: Altman, I., Wandersman, A. (eds) Neighborhood and Community Environments. Human Behavior and Environment, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1962-5_4

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