Amenities and the attraction of Dutch cities

Regional Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 724-736

  Garretsen, Harry ^a   Marlet, Gerard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

housing prices; population growth; urban amenities

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AMENITY; HOUSING MARKET; POPULATION GROWTH; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; TOURIST ATTRACTION; URBAN ECONOMY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84964317785     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1135239     Document Type: Article

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