Growth management and resident satisfaction with local public services

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 662-681

  Zolnik, Edmund ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community; ethnicity; growth management; multilevel model; public services

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79961241832     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.5.662     Document Type: Article

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