'Submarines don't leak, why do buildings?' Building quality, technological impediment and organization of the building industry in Hong Kong

Habitat International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Chiang, Yat Hung ^a   Tang, Bo Sin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building technology; Housing quality; Industrial structure

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0037359524     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(02)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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