The impact of public services on quality of life and housing markets

Environmental Valuation: Interregional and Intraregional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 101-118

  Welch, Robyn K ^a   Waldorf, Brigitte S ^b  

^a Burgis Associates   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85084591017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351158961-5     Document Type: Chapter

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