Housing Satisfaction Related to Health and Importance of Services in Urban Slums: Evidence from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-185

  Zanuzdana, Arina ^a   Khan, Mobarak ^a,b   Kraemer, Alexander ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Distance to services; Facilities; Housing satisfaction; Megacity; Slums; South

Indexed keywords

AGE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING; INCOME; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; MEGACITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84875513103     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0045-5     Document Type: Article

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