Coolangatta: A portrait of community well-being

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-203

  Cuthill, Michael ^a  

^a Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Community well BEING; Local government; Sustainable community

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745310558     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140220144489     Document Type: Article

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