(Sustainable) quality of life in English city locations

Cities

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 290-299

  Higgins, Paul ^a   Campanera, Josep M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cities; England; Local authorities; Quality of life; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957525570     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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