Sun, surf and sustainable housing - Cohousing, the Californian experience

International Planning Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-177

  Williams, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144487419     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470500258824     Document Type: Article

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