Constructing a community-level amenity index

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1253-1258

  Joanna, Paulson Ganning ^a   Flint, Courtney G ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community studies; Methods; Natural resource amenities; Social indicators

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149375885     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920903030132     Document Type: Article

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