The Sustainable Neighborhoods for Happiness Index (SNHI): A metric for assessing a community's sustainability and potential influence on happiness

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-152

  Cloutier, Scott ^a   Jambeck, Jenna ^a   Scott, Norman ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Index; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable Neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894028945     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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