Relationships between population density and the perceived quality of neighbourhood

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-420

  Walton, Darren ^a,b,c   Murray, S J ^a   Thomas, J A ^a  

^a OPUS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Neighbourhood quality; Population density

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVEY;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 55249084431     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9240-9     Document Type: Article

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