Planning for an ageing population: links between social health, neighbourhood environment and the elderly

Australian Planner

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 177-186

  Alidoust, Sara ^a   Bosman, Caryl ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

neighbourhood; social health; social life; the elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941807735     PISSN: 07293682     EISSN: 21506841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07293682.2015.1034145     Document Type: Article

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