Doomed elderly people in a booming city: Urban redevelopment and housing problems of elderly people in Hong Kong

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 158-166

  Chui, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ageing in place; Community care; Elderly; Housing; Urban redevelopment

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSING PROVISION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHINA;

EID: 0035676303     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090152770528     Document Type: Article

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