Sustainable housing development in urban Australia: Exploring obstacles to and opportunities for ecocity efforts

Australian Geographer

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-350

  Crabtree, Louise ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affordability; Cohousing; Community development; Ecocity; Housing; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644862881     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180500325728     Document Type: Article

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