Community-based quality of life indicators for urban areas as derived in Galway City, Ireland

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 93, Issue , 2006, Pages 691-702

  Fahy, F ^a   Cinneide M O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Participatory democracy and governance; Quality of life indicators; Sustainable urban communities

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATABASE; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36148948593     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SC060661     Document Type: Article

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