An overview of quality of urban life

Social Indicators Research Series

Volumn 45, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-29

  Marans, Robert W ^a   Stimson, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creative Class; Geographic Information System; Social Capital; Social Indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85200453853     PISSN: 13876570     EISSN: 22150099     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1742-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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