Assessment and determinants of satisfaction with urban livability in China

Cities

Volumn 79, Issue , 2018, Pages 92-101

  Zhan, Dongsheng ^a,b   Kwan, Mei Po ^c,d   Zhang, Wenzhong ^a,b   Fan, Jie ^a,b   Yu, Jianhui ^a,b   Dang, Yunxiao ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Determinants; Geographical detector; Satisfaction; Urban livability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 85042906210     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.02.025     Document Type: Article

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