Ageing and person-environment fit in different urban neighbourhoods

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-97

  Oswald, Frank ^a   Hieber, Annette ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Mollenkopf, Heidrun ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Housing; Outdoor place attachment; Person environment fit; Social needs; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144466470     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0026-5     Document Type: Article

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