Contributions of the Usage and Affective Experience of the Residential Environment to Residential Satisfaction

Housing Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-60

  Wang, Donggen ^a   Wang, Fenglong ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beijing; Daily activities and time use; Residential affective experience; Residential satisfaction

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84926159865     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1025372     Document Type: Article

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