The role of housing space in determining freedom and flourishing in older people

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-158

  Gilroy, Rose ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functioning; Housing; Identity; Older people; Space standards

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 27744483315     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-6520-5     Document Type: Article

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