Explaining disrepair: Examining owner occupiers' repair and maintenance behaviour

Housing Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-525

  Littlewood, Amanda ^a   Munro, Moira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; MAINTENANCE BEHAVIOUR; MODELLING APPROACH; OWNER OCCUPIERS; REPAIR DECISION; SCOTTISH HOUSE CONDITION SURVEY;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030424847     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673039608720872     Document Type: Article

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