Changes in residential satisfaction after home relocation: A longitudinal study in Beijing, China

Urban Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 583-601

  Wang, Fenglong ^a   Wang, Donggen ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; residential relocation; residential satisfaction; structural equation modelling; two wave sample survey

Indexed keywords

EQUATION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING POLICY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85073786513     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098019866378     Document Type: Article

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