Social capital and walkability as social aspects of sustainability

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3473-3483

  Rogers, Shannon H ^a   Gardner, Kevin H ^b   Carlson, Cynthia H ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c New England College   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Quality of life; Social capital; Sustainability indicators; Walkability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84886245093     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5083473     Document Type: Article

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