Developing and testing an operational framework for assessing quality of life

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 366-379

  Fahy, F ^a   O Cinneide M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Quality of life indicators; Sustainable development assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (R ,S ,S) POLICY; CHALLENGING TASK; ELSEVIER (CO); IRELAND; QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL); URBAN SETTINGS;

PLANNING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TESTING METHOD; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949264118     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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