A tale of two scales: Evaluating the relationship among life satisfaction, social capital, income, and the natural environment at individual and neighborhood levels in metropolitan baltimore

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-25

  Vemuri, Amanda W ^a   Grove, J ^b   Wilson, Matthew A ^c   Burch Jr , William R ^d  

^a Independent Consultant and Baltimore Ecosystem Study Co Principal Investigator   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

life satisfaction; natural environment; neighborhood satisfaction; social capital

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649912275     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509338551     Document Type: Article

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