Deconstructing consultative frameworks: The case of staff housing provision in Burringurrah, Western Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-110

  Prout, Sarah ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consultative frameworks; Deep colonising; Marginalisation; Planning; Political interrelationships; Staff Housing

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING PROVISION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT AUGUSTUS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2342486651     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0004918024000193748     Document Type: Article

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