Privatising the governance and management of existing urban neighbourhoods

Property Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-115

  Chen, Chien Yuan ^a   Webster, Chris ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispute resolutions; Leasing; Privatization; Property management; Residential property; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646167632     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470610657998     Document Type: Article

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