The prospects for urban densification: A place-based study

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Schmidt Thomé, Kaisa ^a   Haybatollahi, Mohammad ^a   Kyttä, Marketta ^a   Korpi, Jari ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

future residence; Helsinki region; infill developments; perceived quality; urban density

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FUTURE RESIDENCE; HELSINKI; INFILL DEVELOPMENT; PERCEIVED QUALITY; URBAN DENSITY;

SURVEYS;

DATA SET; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84880872153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025020     Document Type: Article

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