Happiness and quality of city life: The case of Milan, the richest Italian city

International Planning Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-64

  Balducci, Alessandro ^a   Checchi, Daniele ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650100362     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: 14699265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470902726352     Document Type: Article

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