Using ClustOfVar to Construct Quality of Life Indicators for Vulnerability Assessment Municipality Trajectories in Southwest France from 1999 to 2009

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 973-997

  Kuentz Simonet, Vanessa ^a   Labenne, Amaury ^a   Rambonilaza, Tina ^a  

^a UR ETBX   (France)

Author keywords

ClustOfVar; Composite indicators; Global change; Quality of life; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBAL CHANGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84960350101     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1288-3     Document Type: Article

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