Subjective assessment of urban quality of life in Singapore (1997-1998)

Habitat International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-49

  Tuan Seik, Foo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Indicators; Quality of life; Singapore

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0342632528     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(99)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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