Well-Being, Context, and Everyday Activities in Space and Time

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 833-851

  Schwanen, Tim ^a   Wang, Donggen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

accessibility; Hong Kong; social contacts; time geography; well being

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84903463988     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2014.912549     Document Type: Article

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