What Defines Quality of Life? The Gap Between Public Policies and Locally Defined Indicators Among Residents of Kodagu, Karnataka (India)

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 441-456

  Zorondo Rodríguez, Francisco ^a,b   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a,c   Demps, Kathryn ^b,d   Ariza Montobbio, Pere ^a   García, Claude ^b,e   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Human development index; Human well being; India; Kodagu; Local means; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; KODAGU;

EID: 84892484639     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-9993-z     Document Type: Article

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