Crime, greenspace and life satisfaction: An evaluation of the New Zealand experience

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Fleming, Christopher M ^a   Manning, Matthew ^b   Ambrey, Christopher L ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime; Greenspace; Happiness; Life satisfaction; New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS); Socioecological model

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SURVEYS;

GREENSPACE; HAPPINESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SURVEY; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL;

CRIME;

AGE STRUCTURE; CRIME; GREENSPACE; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POLICY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84955581381     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.12.014     Document Type: Article

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