Water Access and Subjective Well-Being: The Case of Sucre, Bolivia

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 367-385

  Guardiola, Jorge ^a   García Rubio, Miguel A ^a   Guidi Gutiérrez, Edna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Iberoamericano de Municipalistas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Happiness; Water; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899991981     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-013-9218-x     Document Type: Article

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