Environmental quality and user satisfaction in mass housing areas: The case of Istanbul

European Planning Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-174

  Berkoz, Lale ^a   Turk, S Sence ^a   Kellekci, Ömer L ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HOUSING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 58049100994     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310802514086     Document Type: Article

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