Sustainability issues in urban housing in a low-income country: Bangladesh

Habitat International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 377-388

  Islam, Nazrul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSING POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0030458921     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-3975(96)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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