Life satisfaction in urbanizing China: The effect of city size and pathways to urban residency

Cities

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-97

  Chen, Juan ^a   Davis, Deborah S ^b   Wu, Kaming ^c   Dai, Haijing ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; City size; Life satisfaction; Migration; Subjective well being; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84939132764     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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