Local expressions of subjective well-being: The New Zealand experience

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1039-1058

  Morrison, Philip S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Happiness Satisfaction; New Zealand; Quality of life Cities; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGGLOMERATION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79960637140     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343401003792476     Document Type: Article

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