Examining the relationship between quality of life amenities and economic development in the Southeast USA

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-103

  Nzaku, Kilungu ^a   Bukenya, James O ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MODEL; RURAL AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944467880     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2005.00101.x     Document Type: Review

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