Quality of Urban Life: A Taxonomic Perspective

Studies in Regional Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-281

  Levent, Tüzin Baycan ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indicator; Quality of Life; Sustainability; Urban Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887620083     PISSN: 02876256     EISSN: 18806465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2457/srs.36.269     Document Type: Article

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