Developing and testing a framework for the assessment of neighbourhood liveability in two contrasting countries: Iran and Estonia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 263-271

  Norouzian Maleki, Saeid ^a   Bell, Simon ^b   Hosseini, Seyed Bagher ^c   Faizi, Mohsen ^c  

^a SHAHID RAJAEE TEACHER TRAINING UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Liveability; Residential neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

HOUSING;

CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIVEABILITY; NEIGHBOURHOOD; SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELPHI ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ESTONIA; IRAN;

EID: 84907484842     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.033     Document Type: Article

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