Urban-rural differences in quality of life across the European union

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1275-1289

  Shucksmith, Mark ^a   Cameron, Stuart ^a   Merridew, Tanya ^a   Pichler, Florian ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Europe; Quality of life; Rural

Indexed keywords

COHESION; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLICY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; WELFARE IMPACT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70949088633     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802378750     Document Type: Article

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