The determinants of quality of life in rural areas from a geographic perspective: The case of Tuscany

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 104-117

  Boncinelli, Fabio ^a   Pagnotta, Gabriele ^a   Riccioli, Francesco ^a   Casini, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; RURAL POPULATION;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84937723830     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rurd.12035     Document Type: Article

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