Exploring residential satisfaction in shrinking cities: a decision-tree approach

Urban Research and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 156-177

  Barreira, Ana Paula ^a   Agapito, Dora ^a   Panagopoulos, Thomas ^a   Guimarães, Maria Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

city features; population decline; residential satisfaction; shrinking cities; tree based approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965002682     PISSN: 17535069     EISSN: 17535077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2016.1179784     Document Type: Article

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