The quality of life in English local authority areas

Local Government Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-169

  Campanera, Josep ^a   Higgins, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Audit commission; England; Local authorities; Quality of life; Sustainable communities

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; LABOR STANDARD; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79957559735     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2011.555081     Document Type: Article

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