The theory and practice of boundary critique: Developing housing services for older people

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 467-478

  Midgley, G ^a   Munlo, I ^a   Brown, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary critique; Community OR; Critical systems thinking; Housing; Interactive planning; Methodology; Process of OR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032370919     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600531     Document Type: Article

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