Subjective well-being in cities: A multidimensional concept of individual, social and cultural variable

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-221

  Wills Herrera, Eduardo ^a   Islam, Gazi ^b   Hamilton, Marilyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Ibmec   (Brazil)

^c ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

City indicators of development; Cross cultural analysis; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867725425     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-009-9072-z     Document Type: Article

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