Quality of life in cities - Empirical evidence in comparative European perspective

Cities

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-96

  Weziak Białowolska, Dorota ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citizen satisfaction; European cities; Satisfaction with life in a city; Two level logistic regression; Urban quality of life

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LABOR MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN SERVICE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84969834446     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.05.016     Document Type: Article

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