Influence of quality of life on urban growth: A case study of Barcelona, Spain

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-567

  Royuela, Vicente ^a   Moreno, Rosina ^a   Vayá, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

City growth; Economics; Geographically weighted regressions; Quality of life urban

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77953092457     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802662682     Document Type: Article

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