Urban residential preferences and satisfaction in the former Soviet Union: Results from a survey in Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Urban Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 296-327

  Gentile, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Housing; Kazakhstan; Post Soviet city; Residential preferences; Residential satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; UST-KAMENOGORSK; WEST ASIA;

EID: 30644472078     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.4.296     Document Type: Article

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