Planning for Happy Neighborhoods

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 267-279

  Pfeiffer, Deirdre ^a   Cloutier, Scott ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; happiness; life satisfaction; neighborhood; subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE SATISFACTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84965000023     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2016.1166347     Document Type: Article

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