Regional well-being in tropical Queensland, Australia: Developing a dissatisfaction index to inform government policy

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2972-2989

  Larson, Silva ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREA;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 78650350317     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43193     Document Type: Article

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