From prisons to penthouses: The changing images of high-rise living in Melbourne

Housing Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-62

  Costello, Lauren ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse; High rise housing; Melbourne

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING PROVISION; SOCIAL HOUSING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

EID: 13344280333     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267303042000308723     Document Type: Article

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