Examining Walkability and Social Capital as Indicators of Quality of Life at the Municipal and Neighborhood Scales

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-213

  Rogers, Shannon H ^a   Halstead, John M ^a   Gardner, Kevin H ^a,b   Carlson, Cynthia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Neighborhood scale; Social capital; Walkability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956350270     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-010-9132-4     Document Type: Article

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