'The great Australian dream' busted on a brick wall: Housing issues in Sydney

Cities

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 436-445

  Yu, Xiaojiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affordability; Housing bubble; Housing policy; Property investment; Sydney

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOUSING POLICY; INVESTMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 28044435407     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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