Spatial Pattern of Urban Livability in Himalayan Region: A Case of Aizawl City, India

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 541-559

  Saitluanga, Benjamin L ^a  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Neighbourhood inequality; Northeast India; Principal component analysis; Urban livability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHICS; MORALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84899960192     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0362-3     Document Type: Article

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