The north american city revisited: Urban quality of life in canada and the United States

Urban Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-240

  Zolnik, Edmund J ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; North American City; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044238753     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.25.3.217     Document Type: Article

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