Culture and housing preferences in a developing city

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 134-146

  Jabareen, Yosef ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Gaza; Housing; Palestinian; Preferences

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; KINSHIP; URBAN HOUSING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WORLD;

EID: 11344281177     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916504267640     Document Type: Article

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