Public housing construction in hong kong: A review of its design and construction innovations

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-359

  Chan, Daniel W M ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction process re engineering; Construction technologies; Design innovations; Hong Kong; Management principles; Public housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036903537     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2002.9696950     Document Type: Article

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